Quick Definition
Sirah
Biblical Persons & Places
Sirah
Sirah
A location first mentioned at 2Sa.3.26;
referred to as Sirah (סִּרָה), or cistern of Sirah (בּוֹר סִּרָה)
Strong's Definition
Sirah, a cistern so-called
Derivation: from H5493 (סוּר); departure;
KJV Usage: Sirah. See also H5518 (סִיר).
Outline of Biblical Usage
Sirah = "the turning"
1) a well or cistern; apparently on the road north from Hebron
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סִּרָה (si.rah) — Sirah.
§ Sirah = "the turning" a well or cistern; apparently on the road north from Hebron
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Names of Landforms
Cistern of Sirah, Bor Sirah = pit or cistern; ◄ located not far from Hebron; ► place from where Abner was asked to return to Hebron by messengers from Joab
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
בּוֹר הַסִּרָה n.pr.loc. 2 S 3:26 (cistern of Sirah) ref