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Lexicon :: Strong's H1219 - bāṣar

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בָּצַר
Transliteration
bāṣar
Pronunciation
baw-tsar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 270

Strong’s Definitions

בָּצַר bâtsar, baw-tsar'; a primitive root; to clip off; specifically (as denominative from H1210) to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification):—cut off, (de-) fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x

The KJV translates Strong's H1219 in the following manner: fenced (15x), defenced (5x), gather (4x), grapegatherers (3x), fortify (2x), cut off (1x), restrained (1x), strong (1x), mighty things (1x), walled up (1x), fenced up (1x), walled (1x), withholden (1x), non translated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 38x
The KJV translates Strong's H1219 in the following manner: fenced (15x), defenced (5x), gather (4x), grapegatherers (3x), fortify (2x), cut off (1x), restrained (1x), strong (1x), mighty things (1x), walled up (1x), fenced up (1x), walled (1x), withholden (1x), non translated variant (1x).

  1. to gather, restrain, fence, fortify, make inaccessible, enclose

    1. (Qal)

      1. to cut off

      2. fortified, cut off, made inaccessible (pass participle)

      3. secrets, mysteries, inaccessible things (subst)

    2. (Niphal) to be withheld

    3. (Piel) to fortify

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּצַר bâtsar, baw-tsar'; a primitive root; to clip off; specifically (as denominative from H1210) to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification):—cut off, (de-) fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold.
STRONGS H1219: Abbreviations
† [בָּצַר] verb cut off, make inaccessible (especially by fortifying), enclose (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic בְּצַר, bdb013012 (Pa. diminish, substract), perhaps compare Arabic bdb013013 side, edge, bdb013014, etc., rough stone, bdb013015 land in which are sharp stones (compare Lane)) —
Qal Imperfect יִבְצֹר Psalm 76:13; 2nd person masculine singular תִּבְצֹר Leviticus 25:5; Deuteronomy 24:21, וַיִּבְצְרוּ Judges 9:27, תִּבְצְרוּ Leviticus 25:11; Participle active בּוֺצֵר Jeremiah 6:9, ֽֽֽבֹּצְרִים Jeremiah 49:9; Obadiah 5; passive masculine בָּצוּר [H1208 Zechariah 11:2] Kt (Qr בָּצִיר), feminine בְּצוּרָה Isaiah 2:15 + 3 times + Ezekiel 21:25 see below; plural feminine בְּצוּרוֺת Ezekiel 36:35, בְּצֻרוֺת Numbers 13:28 + 14 times, בְּצוּרֹת Deuteronomy 1:28; Nehemiah 9:25, בְּצֻרֹת Deuteronomy 3:5; Deuteronomy 9:1; — cut off, grape-clusters, ענבים Leviticus 25:5, compare Leviticus 25:11 (object נזיר), Deuteronomy 24:21; Judges 9:27 (object in both, כרם); hence Participle active grape-gathering, -gatherer Jeremiah 6:9; Jeremiah 49:9; Obadiah 5; figurative cut off (= take away) Psalm 76:13 (object רות נגידים); most often Passive participle cut off, made inaccessible, De Isaiah 2:15 = fortified, always f.; generally adjective with עיר, ערים; Numbers 13:28; Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 3:5; Deuteronomy 9:1; Joshua 14:12; 2 Samuel 20:6; 2 Kings 18:13 = Isaiah 36:1; 2 Kings 19:25 = Isaiah 37:26; 2 Chronicles 17:2; 19:5; 32:1; 33:14; Nehemiah 9:25; Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 27:10; Ezekiel 36:35; Hosea 8:14; Zephaniah 1:16; rarely with חומה Deuteronomy 28:52; Isaiah 2:15; Jeremiah 15:20; יער הב׳ [H1208 Zechariah 11:2] (read Kt); once, substantive of secrets, mysteries (= unattainable things) Jeremiah 33:3; — ב׳ Ezekiel 21:25 Greek Version of the LXX Sm Co בְּתוֺכָהּ, doubtless right.
Niph. Imperfect יִבָּצֵר be withheld Genesis 11:6 (מֵהֶם), Job 42:2 (מִמְּךָ).
Pi. Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תְּבַצֵּר Jeremiah 51:53 fortify; so Infinitive לְבַּצֵר Isaiah 22:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:6

Leviticus

25:5; 25:5; 25:11; 25:11

Numbers

13:28; 13:28

Deuteronomy

1:28; 1:28; 3:5; 3:5; 9:1; 9:1; 24:21; 24:21; 28:52

Joshua

14:12

Judges

9:27; 9:27

2 Samuel

20:6

2 Kings

18:13; 19:25

2 Chronicles

17:2; 19:5; 32:1; 33:14

Nehemiah

9:25; 9:25

Job

42:2

Isaiah

2:15; 2:15; 2:15; 22:10; 25:2; 27:10; 36:1; 37:26

Jeremiah

6:9; 6:9; 15:20; 33:3; 49:9; 49:9; 51:53

Ezekiel

21:25; 21:25; 36:35; 36:35

Hosea

8:14

Obadiah

1:5; 1:5

Zephaniah

1:16

H1219

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Strong's Number H1219 matches the Hebrew בָּצַר (bāṣar),
which occurs 38 times in 38 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - And Jehovah said, Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather: it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:11 - A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:1 - Hear, O Israel: thou art to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - And they shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fortified walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land; and they shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which Jehovah thy God hath given thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:12 - Now therefore give me this hill-country, whereof Jehovah spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fortified: it may be that Jehovah will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as Jehovah spake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities, and escape out of our sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:25 - Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:5 - And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 - After these things, and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to win them for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate; and he compassed Ophel about with it, and raised it up to a very great height: and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:2 -
I know that thou canst do all things,
And that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:12 -
He will cut off the spirit of princes:
He is terrible to the kings of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:15 - and upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 - and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 - Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and took them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 - Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn again thy hand as a grape-gatherer into the baskets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:20 - And I will make thee unto this people a fortified brazen wall; and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:3 - Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:9 - If grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, would they not destroy till they had enough?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:53 - Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - Thou shalt appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night (how art thou cut off!), would they not steal only till they had enough? if grape-gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16 - a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fortified cities, and against the high battlements.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.
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