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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(my well). (1)
Father
-in-
law
of
Esau
(
Gen. 26:34
34
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: (Genesis 26:34)
). (2) Father of
Hosea
(
Hos. 1:1
1
The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (Hosea 1:1)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
A Hittite,
father
of
Judith
, wife of
Esau
(
Gen. 26:34
34
And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: (Genesis 26:34)
). See
BASHEMATH
.
2.
Father of
the
prophet
Hosea
(
Hos. 1:1
1
The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (Hosea 1:1)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
882
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
B’eriy
Phonic:
be-ay-ree’
Meaning:
from
875
; fountained; Beeri, the name of a Hittite and of an Israelite
KJV Usage:
Beeri
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
my well
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
The well of God; fountained; illustrious:―father of Judith, Gen. 26:34. {Puteus Dei}