# H884 בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע

בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע (Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ), Strong’s H884: Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine KJV: Beer-shebah.. Occurs 68 times.

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*Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ* — Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine

KJV: Beer-shebah.

Built from [בְּאֵר bᵉʼêr](https://besorah.bible/word/H875) (a pit) + [שֶׁבַע shebaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H7651) (seven) + [שָׁבַע shâbaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H7650) (to seven oneself, i.e. swear) — means “well of an oath”

Occurs 68 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע n.pr.loc. Beersheba

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 21:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=14) — Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a container of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her…
- [Genesis 21:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=31) — Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an oath there.
- [Genesis 21:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=32) — So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into…
- [Genesis 21:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=33) — Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God.
- [Genesis 22:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=19) — So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
- [Genesis 26:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=23) — He went up from there to Beersheba.
- [Genesis 26:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=33) — He called it “Shibah”. Therefore the name of the city is “Beersheba” to this day.
- [Genesis 28:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/28?v=10) — Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
- [Genesis 46:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/46?v=1) — Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
- [Genesis 46:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/46?v=5) — Jacob rose up from Beersheba, and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones, and their wives…