Beir בְּעִיר
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| בְּעִיר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | beir |
| Strong's number | H1165 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | cattle |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Numbers (3) |
Beir (Hebrew בְּעִיר, Strong's H1165) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “cattle”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
beasts, cattle
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | beasts (3), cattle (2), beast (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | their livestock (2), your animals (1), allows them (1), our livestock (1), their cattle (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Beir, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 45:17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers, ‘Do as follows: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan.
Exodus
- Exodus 22:5If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.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
- Numbers 20:4And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?
- Numbers 20:8Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.“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 20:11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.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.
Psalms
- Psalm 78:48He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).