What does בּוֹר · בַּיִת · סֹהַר mean in the Bible?
בּוֹר · בַּיִת · סֹהַר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "pit / prison house".
Hebrew · H953, H1004, H5470
בּוֹר / בֵּית הַסֹּהַר
A pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) · a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) · a dungeon (as surrounded by walls)
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בּוֹר H953 a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
Pronunciation bôr
A pit or cistern; figuratively, a place of confinement, death, or divine entrapment of the wicked
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בַּיִת H1004 a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Pronunciation bêt YHWH
Physical dwelling expands to household, dynasty, and temple—the building contains and constitutes the family unit itself.
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סֹהַר H5470 a dungeon (as surrounded by walls)
Pronunciation sōhar
Dungeon emphasizing confinement through surrounding architectural structure; imprisonment by encirclement rather than chains
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What does בּוֹר / בֵּית הַסֹּהַר (bor / beit ha-sohar) mean in the Bible?
בּוֹר · בַּיִת · סֹהַר is a Hebrew phrase meaning "pit / prison house".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H953, H1004, H5470?
H953, H1004, H5470 is connected to 2,132 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. pit / prison house
Strong's H953, H1004, H5470
Lexical occurrences 2,132 verses Source Gloss
pit / prison house
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בּוֹר / בֵּית הַסֹּהַר is built from these roots:
בּוּר H952
בֹּאר H877
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain