The meaning of Beer in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

be'-er (be'er; phrear; Latin puteus = "well"):

(1) A station on the march of the Israelites to the North of the Arnon (Numbers 21:16). Here it was that they sang round the well this song:

'Spring up O well; greet it with song,

Well, that the princes have dug,

The nobles of the people have bored,

With the scepter—with their staves' (Numbers 21:16 ff.).

The place is not identified.

(2) The town to which Jotham fled from his brother Abimelech after declaring his parable from Mt. Gerizim (Judges 9:21). This may be identical with BEEROTH, which see.


See more on the meaning of Beer in the Bible:
Beer {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Beer {Hitchcock's Bible Name}

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