H1165 בְּעִיר (bᵉʻîyr) beh-ere'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

cattle

Strong's Definition

cattle

Derivation: from H1197 (בָּעַר) (in the sense of eating);

KJV Usage: beast, cattle.

TWOT Reference: 264a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) beasts, cattle

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2934

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בְּעִיר (be.ir) — cattle. beasts, cattle

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בְּעִיר (H1165)

noun m · בער · בַּעַר

Domestic Animals | ≈ מִקְנֶה

domestic animals, livestock collective: = animals that have been domesticated

GEN 45:17 · EXO 22:4 · NUM 20:4 · NUM 20:8 · NUM 20:11 · PSA 78:48

¹ EXO 22:4 MT-K בעירה | MT-Q בְּעִירֹו

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[בְּעִיר] n.m. beasts, cattle coll. base

Bible Occurrences (6)

45:17

22:5

20:4 20:8 20:11

78:48

Genesis 45:17

Pharaoh said to Joseph, Tell... your brothers, Do as follows: Load your animals and return... to the land of Canaan.

Exodus 22:5

If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field... or vineyard.

Numbers 20:4

Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?

Numbers 20:8

Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from the rock and provide drink for the congregation and their livestock.

Numbers 20:11

Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.