How to Pronounce Besor

Beh-SORE

Besor is pronounced Beh-SORE (ˈbiːsɔːr): two syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: BEE-sor.

What does Besor mean?

Besor means “glad news; incarnation”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Where was Besor?

Cold, a ravine or brook in the extreme south-west of Judah, where 200 of David’s men stayed behind because they were faint, while the other 400 pursued the Amalekites (1 Sam. 30:9, 10, 21). Probably the Wadyes Sheriah, south of Gaza.

Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.

Also pronounced

BEE-sor

Found in Scripture

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