בֹּר
bor · lye, cleanness
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1253 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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bor (בֹּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lye, cleanness”.
Lye: a substance made from the ashes of plants, used for washing; also cleanness.
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
- A substance from plant ash that cleans and removes dross.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Job 9:30
If I washed myself with water of snow and purified my palms with lye,
- Isaiah 1:25
And I will turn my hand against you, and I will smelt away as with lye your dross, and I will remove all your tin.