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Genesis 26:33

And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.

KJV

Unde appellavit eum Abundantiam : et nomen urbi impositum est Bersabee, usque in præsentem diem.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ὅρκος· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα τῇ πόλει φρέαρ ὅρκου, ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας.

LXX

And he called it Shibah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.

ASV

וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א אֹתָ֖/הּ שִׁבְעָ֑ה עַל כֵּ֤ן שֵׁם הָ/עִיר֙ בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע עַ֖ד הַ/יּ֥וֹם הַ/זֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places Beersheba

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בְּאֵ֣ר
b'r
proper_noun · 68×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שִׁבְעָ֑ה
shb'h
adjective · 1×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 21:31 — Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
  • Gen 21:31 — Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
  • Gen 26:28 — And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
  • Josh 15:28 — And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,