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Psalms 7:16
“His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
בּוֹרbôwr · bore
H953 · Hebrew
H953 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
- Derivation
- from H952 (בּוּר) (in the sense of H877 (בֹּאר));
- KJV renderings
- cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
- Grammar
- בּ֣וֹר — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 68 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 37:20Genesis 37:22Genesis 37:24Genesis 37:24Genesis 37:28
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read בּוֹר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.