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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

shi'-ba (shibh`ah, "seven"; horkos; Swete reads Phrear horkou, literally, "well of oath"; the King James Version Shebah): The name of the original well of Beer-sheba according to Ge 26:33.

See BEERSHEBA.