Genesis 21:31
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
מָקוֹם
mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע
Bᵉʼêr Shebaʻ
Beer-Sheba, a place in Palestine
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
שָׁבַע
shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁבַע shâbaʻ
to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
Study H7650 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →מָקוֹם mâqôwm
properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
Study H4725 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in...
And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
And he went up from thence to Beersheba.
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