# בֹּאר (bor)

Israeli respelling: bor. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H877. 3 Old Testament occurrences.

a cistern

King James renderings: cistern.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/bor-h877

## Occurrences

- [2 Samuel 23:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/15) — And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
- [2 Samuel 23:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/23/16) — And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and…
- [Jeremiah 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/13) — For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns,…