1309. besorah

Strong's Lexicon

besorah: Good news, glad tidings

Original Word: בְּשׂוֹרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: besorah
Pronunciation: beh-so-RAH
Phonetic Spelling: (bes-o-raw')
Definition: Good news, glad tidings
Meaning: glad tidings, reward for, good news

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from basar
Definition
tidings
NASB Translation
carry news (1), news (4), reward (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בְּשׂרָה noun feminine tidings (compare Arabic see Ba^{NB 61}; Sabean בשרן DHM^{ZMG 1876, 672}), 2 Samuel 4:10 3t.; בְּשׂוֺרָה 2 Samuel 18:25,27 —

1 good tidings 1 Kings 7:9.

2 tidings, news 2 Samuel 18:20,25; with טובה 2 Samuel 18:27.

3 reward for good tidings 2 Samuel 4:10; 2 Samuel 18:22.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

reward for tidings

Or (shortened) bsorah {bes-o-raw'}; feminine from basar; glad tidings; by implication, reward for good news -- reward for tidings.

see HEBREW basar

Forms and Transliterations

בְּשֹׂרָ֣ה בְּשֹׂרָ֤ה בְּשֹׂרָֽה׃ בְּשׂוֹרָ֣ה בְּשׂוֹרָ֥ה בשורה בשרה בשרה׃ bə·śō·rāh bə·śō·w·rāh besoRah bəśōrāh bəśōwrāh

Englishman's Concordance

2 Samuel 4:10
HEB: לְתִתִּי־ ל֖וֹ בְּשֹׂרָֽה׃
NAS: which was the reward I gave
KJV: who [thought] that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
INT: which gave was the reward

2 Samuel 18:20
HEB: לֹא֩ אִ֨ישׁ בְּשֹׂרָ֤ה אַתָּה֙ הַיּ֣וֹם
NAS: to him, You are not the man to carry news this
KJV: unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day,
INT: no the man to carry you day

2 Samuel 18:22
HEB: וּלְכָ֖ה אֵין־ בְּשׂוֹרָ֥ה מֹצֵֽאת׃
NAS: since you will have no reward for going?
KJV: my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
INT: my son will have reward ready

2 Samuel 18:25
HEB: אִם־ לְבַדּ֖וֹ בְּשׂוֹרָ֣ה בְּפִ֑יו וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ
NAS: he is by himself there is good news in his mouth.
KJV: said, If he [be] alone, [there is] tidings in his mouth.
INT: If himself news his mouth came

2 Samuel 18:27
HEB: זֶ֔ה וְאֶל־ בְּשׂוֹרָ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה יָבֽוֹא׃
NAS: and comes with good news.
KJV: and cometh with good tidings.
INT: This about news good and comes

2 Kings 7:9
HEB: הַזֶּה֙ יוֹם־ בְּשֹׂרָ֣ה ה֔וּא וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ
NAS: is a day of good news, but we are keeping silent;
KJV: [is] a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace:
INT: This day news he we

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1309
6 Occurrences

bə·śō·rāh — 6 Occ.