בֹּר
bor · cleanness
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1252 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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bor (בֹּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cleanness”.
Purity. Said of clean hands, that is, of blameless conduct.
How to say it
bor
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Being spotless; hands free of guilt.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- 2 Samuel 22:21
YHWH repaid me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he returned it to me.
- 2 Samuel 22:25
So YHWH has returned it to me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness before his eyes.
- Job 22:30
He will rescue one who is not innocent, and he will be rescued by the cleanness of your palms.”
- Psalms 18:20
YHWH repaid me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he returned it to me.
- Psalms 18:24
And YHWH has returned it to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.