Strong's Concordance
Original word: גֶּ֫בֶא
Transliteration: gebe
Definition (short): cistern
Definition (full): a reservoir, a marsh
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from an unused word
Definition: a cistern, pool
NASB Translation: cistern (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
From an unused root meaning probably to collect; a reservoir; by analogy, a marsh -- marish, pit.
References
KJV:
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
NASB:
Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter's jar, So ruthlessly shattered That a sherd will not be found among its pieces To take fire from a hearth Or to scoop water from a cistern."