H1309 בְּשׂוֹרָה (bᵉsôwrâh) bes-o-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

good news

Strong's Definition

glad tidings; by implication, reward forgood news

Derivation: or (shortened) בְּשֹׂרָה; feminine from H1319 (בָּשַׂר);

KJV Usage: reward for tidings.

TWOT Reference: 291b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) news, good news, tidings, reward for good news

1a) good tidings

1b) tidings, news

1c) reward for good tidings

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G2098

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בְּשֹׂרָה (be.s.vo.rah) — good news. 1) news, good news, tidings, reward for good news 1a) good tidings 1b) tidings, news 1c) reward for good tidings

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בְּשֹׂרָה (H1309) — בְּשֹׂורָה

noun f · בשׂר

Speak

report, message, news = information that one has been commissioned to pass on to other people

2SA 18:20 · 2SA 18:25 · 2SA 18:27 · 2KI 7:9

Possess

messenger's fee = something given to a messenger as a reward for his/her effort

2SA 4:10 · 2SA 18:22

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בְּשֹׂרָה n.f. tidings good tidings

tidings, news

reward for good tidings

base

Bible Occurrences (6)

4:10 18:20 18:22 18:25 18:27

7:9

2 Samuel 4:10

when someone told me,... Look, Saul is dead, and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for [his] news!

2 Samuel 18:20

But Joab replied, You are not the man to take good news today.... You may do it another day, but you must not [do so] today..., because... the king’s son is dead.

2 Samuel 18:22

Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted... and said to Joab,... No matter what, please let me also run behind the Cushite! My son, Joab replied, why... do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?

2 Samuel 18:25

So [he] called out and told the king. If he is alone..., the king replied, he bears good news. As the first runner drew... near,

2 Samuel 18:27

The watchman said, The first man appears to me to be running like Ahimaaz son of Zadok -. This is a good man, said the king. He comes with good news.

2 Kings 7:9

Finally, they said to one another, We are not doing what is right. Today... is a day of good news.... If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore,... let us go and tell the king’s household.