Strong's Lexicon

H1309

H1309 — בְּשׂוֹרָה בְּשׂוֹרָה

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

Hebrewbsowrahnoun femOccurrences: 6TWOT: 291b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1309
Word:	בְּשׂוֹרָה בְּשׂוֹרָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine from H1319
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	bsowrah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	bes-o-raw' (or (shortened) bsorah {bes-o-raw'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. glad tidings 2. (by implication) reward for good news
KJV Renderings:	reward for tidings.

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BDB1369

בְּשׂרָה noun feminine tidings (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 738] see Ba^{NB 61}; Sabean בשרן DHM^{ZMG 1876, 672}), 2Sam 4:10 + 3 t.; בְּשׂוֺרָה 2Sam 18:25; 2Sam 18:27 —

1. good tidings 1Kgs 7:9.

2. tidings, news 2Sam 18:20 ; 2Sam 18:25 with טובה 2Sam 18:27 .

3. reward for good tidings 2Sam 4:10; 2Sam 18:22 .

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בְּשוּרֶה (b'soh-rah)

2 Samuel 4:10

KJV: When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:thinking…: Heb. he was in his own eyes as a bringer, etcwho…: or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings

EHCC: given him a reward his tidings ; (or,

2 Kings 7:9

KJV: Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.some…: Heb. we shall find punishment

EHCC: this day (is) a day of good tidings,