Strong’s
H1309Noun, feminine6 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- 2 Samuel 4:10בְּשֹׂרָה
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 Kings 7:9בְּשֹׂרָה
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.”
Brown-Driver-Briggs
בְּשֹׂרָה n.f. tidings
1. good tidings
2. tidings, news
3. reward for good tidings
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.