King James Bible Dictionary

Well.

1. A place where a well was dug by the direction of Moses, at the forty-fourth station of the Hebrews in their wanderings (Numbers 21:16-18) in the wilderness of Moab. (See WELL.)

2. A town in the tribe of Judah to which Jotham fled for fear of Abimelech (Judges 9:21). Some have identified this place with Beeroth.

a well

1. A station of the Israelites
Numbers 21:16-18

2. A town in the tribe of Judah
Judges 9:21

(a well).

1. One of the latest halting-places of the Isr'lites, lying beyond the Arnon. (Numbers 21:16-18) This is possibly the BEER-ELIM of (Isaiah 15:8)
2. A place to which Jotham, the son of Gideon, fled for fear of his brother Abimelech. (Judges 9:21)

BEER, noun

1. A spirituous liquor made from any farinaceous grain; but generally from barley, which is first malted and ground, and its fermentable substance extracted by hot water. This extract or infusion is evaporated by boiling in caldrons, and hops or some other plant of an agreeable bitterness added. The liquor is then suffered to ferment in vats. beer is of different degrees of strength, and is denominated small beer ale, porter, brown stout, etc., according to its strength, or other peculiar qualities.

2. beer is a name given in America to fermenting liquors made of various other materials; and when a decoction of the roots of plants forms a part of the composition, it is called spring-beer, from the season in which it is made.

a well; declaring

Son of Zophah.
1 Chronicles 7:37

(a well), son of Zophah, of the tribe of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:37) (B.C. after 1450.)

A Reubenite.
1 Chronicles 5:6

prince of the Reubenites, carried away by Tiglath-pileser. (1 Chronicles 5:6) (B.C. 738).

BEE'R-BARREL, noun A barrel for holding beer.

Well of heroes, probably the name given to Beer, the place where the chiefs of Israel dug a well (Numbers 21:16; Isaiah 15:8).

the well of Elim, or of rains

(well of heroes), a spot named in (Isaiah 15:8) as on the "border of Moab." (Numbers 21:16) comp. Numbers 21:13

A city of Moab.
Isaiah 15:8

BEE'R-HOUSE, noun A house where malt liquors are sold; an ale house.

Illustrious, or the well-man.

1. The father of Judith, one of the wives of Esau (Genesis 26:34), the same as Adah (Genesis 36:2).

2. The father of the prophet Hosea (1:1).

my well

1. A Hittite

General references
Genesis 26:34
Anah

2. Father of Hosea
Hosea 1:1

1. The father of Judith, one of the wives of Esau. (Genesis 26:34) [ANAH] (B.C. 1797.)
2. Father of the prophet Hosea. (Hosea 1:1) (B.C. before 725.)

I.e., "the well of him that liveth and seeth me," or, as some render it, "the well of the vision of life", the well where the Lord met with Hagar (Genesis 16:7-14). Isaac dwelt beside this well (24:62; 25:11). It has been identified with Ain Muweileh, or Moilahhi, south-west of Beersheba, and about 12 miles W. from Kadesh-barnea.

(a well of the living), a living spring, Authorized Version, fountain, comp. (Jeremiah 6:7) between Kadesh and Bered, in the wilderness. (Genesis 24:62)

the well of him that liveth and seeth me

Called also Lahai-Roi, a well.
Genesis 16:14; Genesis 24:62; Genesis 25:11

Wells, one of the four cities of the Hivites which entered by fraud into a league with Joshua. It belonged to Benjamin (Joshua 18:25). It has by some been identified with el-Bireh on the way to Nablus, 10 miles north of Jerusalem.

wells; explaining

1. A station of the Israelites

Aaron died at
Deuteronomy 10:6
Bene-Jaakan

2. A city of the Hivites
Joshua 9:17; Joshua 18:25; 2 Samuel 4:2; Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:29

(wells), one of the four cities of the Hivites who deluded Joshua into a treaty of peace with them. (Joshua 9:17) It is now el-Bireh , which stands about 10 miles north of Jerusalem.

(Deuteronomy 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Numbers 33:31).

the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Isr'lites in the desert. (10:6) In (Numbers 33:31) the name is given as BENE-JAAKAN only.

Well of the oath, or well of seven, a well dug by Abraham, and so named because he and Abimelech here entered into a compact (Genesis 21:31). On re-opening it, Isaac gave it the same name (Genesis 26:31-33). It was a favourite place of abode of both of these patriarchs (21:33-22:1, 19; 26:33; 28:10). It is mentioned among the "cities" given to the tribe of Simeon (Joshua 19:2; 1 Chronicles 4:28). From Dan to Beersheba, a distance of about 144 miles (Judges 20:1; 1 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Samuel 24:2), became the usual way of designating the whole Promised Land, and passed into a proverb. After the return from the Captivity the phrase is narrowed into "from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom" (Nehemiah 11:30). The kingdom of the ten tribes extended from Beersheba to Mount Ephraim (2 Chronicles 19:4). The name is not found in the New Testament. It is still called by the Arabs Bir es-Seba, i.e., "well of the seven", where there are to the present day two principal wells and five smaller ones. It is nearly midway between the southern end of the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean.

the well of an oath; the seventh well

1. The most southern city of Palestine

General references
Judges 20:1

Named by Abraham, who dwelt there
Genesis 21:31-33; Genesis 22:19

The dwelling place of Isaac
Genesis 26:23

Jacob went out from, toward Haran
Genesis 28:10

Sacrifices offered at, by Jacob when journeying to Egypt
Genesis 46:1

In the inheritance of Judah
Joshua 15:20; Joshua 15:28; 2 Samuel 24:7

Afterward assigned to Simeon
Joshua 19:2; Joshua 19:9; 1 Chronicles 4:28

Two sons of Samuel were judges at
1 Samuel 8:2

Became a seat of idolatrous worship
Amos 5:5; Amos 8:14

2. Well of, belonged to Abraham and Isaac
Genesis 21:25-26

3. Wilderness of

Hagar miraculously sees a well in
Genesis 21:14-19

An angel fed Elijah in
1 Kings 19:5; 1 Kings 19:7

(well of the oath), the name of one of the old places in Palestine which formed the southern limit of the country. There are two accounts of the origin of the name. According to the first, the well was dug by Abraham, and the name given to Judah, (Joshua 15:28) and then to Simeon, (Joshua 19:2; 1 Chronicles 4:28) In the often-quoted "from Dan even unto Beersheba," (Judges 20:1) it represents the southern boundary of Canaan, as Dan the northern. In the time of Jerome it was still a considerable place, and still retains its ancient name

Bir es-Seba . There are at present on the spot two principal wells and five smaller ones. The two principal wells are on or close to the northern bank of the Wady es-Seba . The larger of the two, which lies to the east, is, according to Dr. Robinson, 12 1/2 feet in diameter, and at the time of his visit (April 12) was 44 1/2 feet to the surface of the water. The masonry which encloses the well extends downward 28 1/2 feet. The other well is 5 feet in diameter, and was 42 feet to the water. The curb-stones around the mouth of both wells are worn into deep grooves by the action of the ropes of so many centures. These wells are in constant use today. The five lesser wells are in a group in the bed of the wady. On some low hills north of the large wells are scattered the foundations and ruins of a town of moderate size.