Strong's Lexicon

H952

H952 — בּוּר

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

Hebrewbuwrverb-stemOccurrences: 1TWOT: 221

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H952
Word:	בּוּר
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	buwr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	boor
Meaning:	1. to bore 2. (figuratively) examine
KJV Renderings:	declare.

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בּוּר verb

Qal Infinitive construct לָבוּר Eccl 9:1 (with accusative); probably (si vera lectio) make clear, clear up, explain ( VB ; so sometimes, in Late Hebrew, ברר q. v.) but read perhaps וְלִבִּי רָאָה ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Bi; or לָתוּר Gr, compare Eccl 1:13; Eccl 2:13; Eccl 7:25.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בור (bohkr)

Jeremiah 2:13

KJV: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

EHCC: hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns,