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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 Box Gen 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - “Look!” he said. “The people are united, and they all speak the same language. After this, nothing they set out to do will be impossible for them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - And don’t store away the crops that grow on their own or gather the grapes from your unpruned vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:11 - This fiftieth year will be a jubilee for you. During that year you must not plant your fields or store away any of the crops that grow on their own, and don’t gather the grapes from your unpruned vines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - But the people living there are powerful, and their towns are large and fortified. We even saw giants there, the descendants of Anak!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the descendants of Anak!”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - These towns were all fortified with high walls and barred gates. We also took many unwalled villages at the same time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:1 - “Listen, O Israel! Today you are about to cross the Jordan River to take over the land belonging to nations much greater and more powerful than you. They live in cities with walls that reach to the sky!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - When you gather the grapes in your vineyard, don’t glean the vines after they are picked. Leave the remaining grapes for the foreigners, orphans, and widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - They will attack your cities until all the fortified walls in your land—the walls you trusted to protect you—are knocked down. They will attack all the towns in the land the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:12 - So give me the hill country that the LORD promised me. You will remember that as scouts we found the descendants of Anak living there in great, walled towns. But if the LORD is with me, I will drive them out of the land, just as the LORD said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - During the annual harvest festival at Shechem, held in the temple of the local god, the wine flowed freely, and everyone began cursing Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - Then David said to Abishai, “Sheba son of Bicri is going to hurt us more than Absalom did. Quick, take my troops and chase after him before he gets into a fortified town where we can’t reach him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign,[fn] King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:25 - “But have you not heard?
I decided this long ago.
Long ago I planned it,
and now I am making it happen.
I planned for you to crush fortified cities
into heaps of rubble.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - He stationed troops in all the fortified towns of Judah, and he assigned additional garrisons to the land of Judah and to the towns of Ephraim that his father, Asa, had captured.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:5 - He appointed judges throughout the nation in all the fortified towns,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 - After Hezekiah had faithfully carried out this work, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified towns, giving orders for his army to break through their walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - After this Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David, from west of the Gihon Spring in the Kidron Valley to the Fish Gate, and continuing around the hill of Ophel. He built the wall very high. And he stationed his military officers in all of the fortified towns of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - Our ancestors captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took over houses full of good things, with cisterns already dug and vineyards and olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate until they were full and grew fat and enjoyed themselves in all your blessings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:2 - “I know that you can do anything,
and no one can stop you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:12 - For he breaks the pride of princes,
and the kings of the earth fear him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:15 - He will break down every high tower
and every fortified wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 - You survey the houses and tear some down
for stone to strengthen the walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - You turn mighty cities into heaps of ruins.
Cities with strong walls are turned to rubble.
Beautiful palaces in distant lands disappear
and will never be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - The fortified towns will be silent and empty,
the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds.
Calves will graze there,
chewing on twigs and branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign,[fn] King Sennacherib of Assyria came to attack the fortified towns of Judah and conquered them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - “But have you not heard?
I decided this long ago.
Long ago I planned it,
and now I am making it happen.
I planned for you to crush fortified cities
into heaps of rubble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 - This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says:
“Even the few who remain in Israel
will be picked over again,
as when a harvester checks each vine a second time
to pick the grapes that were missed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:20 - They will fight against you like an attacking army,
but I will make you as secure as a fortified wall of bronze.
They will not conquer you,
for I am with you to protect and rescue you.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:3 - Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:9 - Those who harvest grapes
always leave a few for the poor.
If thieves came at night,
they would not take everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:53 - Though Babylon reaches as high as the heavens
and makes her fortifications incredibly strong,
I will still send enemies to plunder her.
I, the LORD, have spoken!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - one road going to Ammon and its capital, Rabbah, and the other to Judah and fortified Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - And when I bring you back, people will say, ‘This former wasteland is now like the Garden of Eden! The abandoned and ruined cities now have strong walls and are filled with people!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces,
and Judah has fortified its cities.
Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities
and will burn up their fortresses.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - “If thieves came at night and robbed you
(what a disaster awaits you!),
they would not take everything.
Those who harvest grapes
always leave a few for the poor.
But your enemies will wipe you out completely!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16 - a day of trumpet calls and battle cries.
Down go the walled cities
and the strongest battlements!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Weep, you cypress trees, for all the ruined cedars;
the most majestic ones have fallen.
Weep, you oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forests have been cut down.
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