882. Beeri
Strong's Lexicon
Beeri: Beeri

Original Word: בְּאֵרִי
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: B'eriy
Pronunciation: beh-ay-REE
Phonetic Spelling: (be-ay-ree')
Definition: Beeri
Meaning: Beeri

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root בְּאֵר (be'er), meaning "well" or "spring."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Genesis 26:34 (BSB): "When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite."

- Beeri is mentioned as the father of Judith, one of Esau's wives.

- Hosea 1:1 (BSB): "This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel."

- Beeri is identified as the father of the prophet Hosea.

10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: There are no direct Greek equivalents for the name Beeri in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper Hebrew name.

Usage: The name Beeri means "my well" or "well-man."

Cultural and Historical Background: The name is used as a proper name for two individuals in the Old Testament.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from beer
Definition
"my well," the name of a Hittite, also of Hosea's father
NASB Translation
Beeri (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
בְאֵרִי proper name, masculine (my well). **< the man from Beer? Nesl.c.

1 a Hittite, Esau's father-in-law Genesis 26:34.

2 Hosea's father Hosea 1:1.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Beeri

From 'er; fountained; Beeri, the name of a Hittite and of an Israelite -- Beeri.

see HEBREW 'er

Forms and Transliterations
בְּאֵרִ֔י בְּאֵרִ֖י בארי bə’êrî bə·’ê·rî beeRi
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Englishman's Concordance
Genesis 26:34
HEB: יְהוּדִ֔ית בַּת־ בְּאֵרִ֖י הַֽחִתִּ֑י וְאֶת־
NAS: the daughter of Beeri the Hittite,
KJV: the daughter of Beeri the Hittite,
INT: Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath

Hosea 1:1
HEB: הוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ בֶּן־ בְּאֵרִ֔י בִּימֵ֨י עֻזִּיָּ֥ה
NAS: the son of Beeri, during the days
KJV: the son of Beeri, in the days
INT: Hosea the son of Beeri the days of Uzziah

2 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 882
2 Occurrences


bə·’ê·rî — 2 Occ.















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