{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1319",
  "lemma": "בָּשַׂר",
  "transliteration": "bâsar",
  "definition": "properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, (figuratively) cheerful); to announce (glad news)",
  "kjv": "messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good)…",
  "occurrences": 24,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[בָּשַׂר] vb. bear tidings",
    "Pi.",
    "1. gladden with good tidings",
    "2. bear tidings",
    "3. herald as glad tidings",
    "Hithp. receive good tidings"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 4:17",
      "text": "He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/4?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 31:9",
      "text": "They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/31?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 1:20",
      "text": "Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/1?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 4:10",
      "text": "when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he brought good news, I seized him and killed him in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/4?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:19",
      "text": "Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me now run and carry the king news, how the LORD has avenged him of his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:20",
      "text": "Joab said to him, “You must not be the bearer of news today, but you must carry news another day. But today you must…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:26",
      "text": "The watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, “Behold, a man running…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 18:31",
      "text": "Behold, the Cushite came. The Cushite said, “Good news for my lord the king, for the LORD has avenged you today of all…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/18?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 1:42",
      "text": "While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=42"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 40:9",
      "text": "You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=9"
    }
  ],
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