Strong's Lexicon

H1295

H1295 — בְּרֵכָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbrekahnoun femOccurrences: 17TWOT: 285c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1295
Word:	בְּרֵכָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H1288
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	17
Transliteration:	brekah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ber-ay-kaw'
Meaning:	1. a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)
KJV Renderings:	(fish-)pool.

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BDB1335

בְּרֵכָה noun feminine pool, pond (הברכה SI⁵ ; Arabic [untranscribed source text 711]; Sabean ברכת SabDenkm⁷³; Aramaic בְּרֵיכְתָּא) — ׳ ב 2Sam 2:13 (twice in verse); 2Sam 4:12 ; 2Kgs 18:17 (= Isa 36:2 ) 2Kgs 20:20; Neh 3:16; Isa 7:3; Isa 22:9; Isa 22:11 construct בְּרֵכַת 2Sam 2:13; 1Kgs 22:38; Neh 2:14; Neh 3:15; Nah 2:9 plural בְּרֵכוֺת Eccl 2:6; Song 7:5.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ברכה (b’reh-chah’)

1 Kings 92:38

EHCC: washed the chariot in the pool of

2 Kings 18:17

KJV: And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rab–shakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller’s field.great: Heb. heavy

EHCC: the conduit of the upper pool,

Nehemiah 2:14

KJV: Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

EHCC: to the King’s pool:

Song of Songs 7:4

KJV: Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

EHCC: (5). thine eyes (like) the fishpools

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