ביער

ביער / בִּעֵר • (bi'ér) (pi'el construction)

1. (transitive) to destroy, remove
   • Tanach, 1 Kings 22:47, with Young's Literal Translation:

     וְיֶתֶר הַקָּדֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁאַר בִּימֵי אָסָא אָבִיו בִּעֵר מִן הָאָרֶץ

     v'yéter hakadésh ashér nish'ár bimé asá avív bi'ér min ha'árets

     And the remnant of the whoremongers who were left in the days of Asa his father he took away out of the land

   • Tanach, 2 Kings 23:24, with translation of the King James Version:

     וְאֵת כָּל הַשִּׁקֻּצִים אֲשֶׁר נִרְאוּ בְּאֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה וּבִירוּשָׁלַ‍ִם בִּעֵר יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ

     v'et kol hashikutsím ashér nir'ú b'érets y'hudá uvirushaláyim bi'ér yoshiyáhu

     and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away

   • Tanach, 1 Kings 14:10, with translation of the King James Version:

     וּבִעַרְתִּי אַחֲרֵי בֵית יָרׇבְעָם כַּאֲשֶׁר יְבַעֵר הַגָּלָל עַד תֻּמּוֹ

     uvi'artí akharé vét yarov'ám ka'ashér y'va'ér hagalál ad tumó

     and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone

• H1197 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible