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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(a well). (1) A halting place of the Israelites (
Num. 21:16-18
16
And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: (Numbers 21:16‑18)
). (2) Place to which
Jotham
fled (
Judg. 9:21
21
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. (Judges 9:21)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
A station of the Israelites when they drew near the Land, so called because of a well (which
the word
signifies) being sunk there, from which
God
gave them water. They sang—
“
Spring
up, O well; sing ye to it:
The princes digged the well,
The nobles of the people digged it
By the direction of the
lawgiver
, with their staves.”
(
Num. 21:16-18
16
And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: (Numbers 21:16‑18)
). Probably the same as
BEER-
ELIM
of
Isaiah 15:8
8
For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim. (Isaiah 15:8)
.
2.
Place to which
Jotham
fled for fear of his
brother
Abimelech
(
Judg. 9:21
21
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. (Judges 9:21)
). Its position unknown.
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Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
876
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
B’er
Phonic:
be-ayr’
Meaning:
the same as
875
; Beer, a place in the Desert, also one in Palestine
KJV Usage:
Beer
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
a well
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
A well; declaring:―a halting place of the Israelites [BEEROTH], Num. 21:16. {Puteus}
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