בּוֹר

bor

BORE

pit, cistern, dungeon

Where it comes from

A bor is a hole cut to hold water. This one is empty, which is why a man can be kept in it. The same word is used for the prison Joseph later sits in, and for the grave. Scripture keeps putting people in holes and getting them out again.

Every place it appears

Strong's H953. It stands in 62 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Genesis 37:24

And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

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