H1295 - בְּרֵכָה (bᵉrêkâh)

H1295 בְּרֵכָה (bᵉrêkâh) ber-ay-kaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

(Shelah) Pool

Strong's Definition

a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)

Derivation: from H1288 (בָרַךְ);

KJV Usage: (fish-) pool.

TWOT Reference: 285c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) pool, pond

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G2861 G3041

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

pool, pond Combined with she.lach (שֶׁ֫לַח "Shelah" H7975A)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בְּרֵכָה berêkâh BDB Definition: 1) pool, pond Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1288 Same Word by TWOT Number: 285c Total KJV Occurrences: 17

Bible Occurrences (14)

2:13 4:12

22:38

18:17 20:20

2:14 3:15 3:16

2:6

7:3 22:9 22:11 36:2

2:8

2 Samuel 2:13

So Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon.... And the two groups took up positions on opposite sides............ of the pool.

2 Samuel 4:12

So David commanded his young men, and they killed [Rechab and Baanah]. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

1 Kings 22:38

And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up [Ahab’s] blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

2 Kings 18:17

Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah... at Jerusalem. They advanced up... to Jerusalem...... and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.

2 Kings 20:20

As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city,...... are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles... of the Kings of Judah?

Nehemiah 2:14

Then I went on to the Fountain... Gate and the King’s Pool, but [there was] no room for the animal under me to get through;

Nehemiah 3:15

The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.

Nehemiah 3:16

Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district... of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial... pool and the House of the Mighty.