בֹּר

Strong’s Definition

vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap forwashing, or a flux formetals

Etymology & Derivation

the same as H1252 (בֹּר);

KJV Usage

[idiom] never so, purely.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.lye, potash, alkali used in smelting metal

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: bôr; Pronunciation: bore