בֹּר (bōr) is a Hebrew noun meaning lye. It appears 2 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1253).
בֹּר noun, masculine: lye, potash
lye, potash, alkali used in smelting metals
Strong's H1253 בֹּר: vegetable lye (from its cleansing); used as a soap for washing, or a flux for metals
KJV:× never so, purely.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 288: בָּרַר bārar — purify, select; purge out, choose, cleanse, make shining, polish, test, prove; purify oneself; polish arrows; shew oneself pure, just, kind; clarify, brighten, examine; make bright, choice, chosen, clearly, pure, purge
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