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Lexicon :: Strong's H983 - beṭaḥ

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בֶּטַח
Transliteration
beṭaḥ
Pronunciation
beh'takh
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Part of Speech
adverb, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 233a

Strong’s Definitions

בֶּטַח beṭach, beh'takh; from H982; properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely:—assurance, boldly, (without) care(-less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H983 in the following manner: safely (17x), safety (9x), carelessly (3x), careless (2x), safe (2x), securely (2x), assurance (1x), boldly (1x), care (1x), confidence (1x), hope (1x), secure (1x), surely (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H983 in the following manner: safely (17x), safety (9x), carelessly (3x), careless (2x), safe (2x), securely (2x), assurance (1x), boldly (1x), care (1x), confidence (1x), hope (1x), secure (1x), surely (1x).

  1. security, safety

    adverb

  2. securely

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֶּטַח beṭach, beh'takh; from H982; properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely:—assurance, boldly, (without) care(-less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.
STRONGS H983: Abbreviations
† I. בֶּ֫טַח noun [masculine] security — Genesis 34:25 + 41 times; הַשְׁקֵט וָבֶטַח Isaiah 32:17 quietness and security = בְּהַשְׁקֵט וּבְבִטְחָה Isaiah 30:15 (but probably both infinitives) elsewhere always adverb; — securely, ישׁב לבטח Leviticus 25:18, 19; Leviticus 26:5; Judges 18:7; 1 Kings 5:5; Psalm 4:9; Proverbs 3:29; Isaiah 47:8; Jeremiah 32:37; Jeremiah 49:31; Ezekiel 28:26; Ezekiel 34:25, 28; Ezekiel 38:8, 11, 14; Ezekiel 39:6, 26; Zephaniah 2:15; Zechariah 14:11; ישׁב בטח Deuteronomy 12:10; 1 Samuel 12:11; שׁכן לבטח Deuteronomy 33:12; Psalm 16:9; Jeremiah 23:6; Jeremiah 33:16; שׁכן בטח Deuteronomy 33:28; Proverbs 1:33; (היה) לבטח Job 24:23; Ezekiel 34:27; היה בטח Judges 8:11; הלך לבטח Proverbs 3:23; הלך בטח Proverbs 10:9; שׁכב לבטח Job 11:18; Hosea 2:20; רבץ לבטח Isaiah 14:30; נחה לבטח Psalm 78:53; עבר בטח Micah 2:8; כושׁ בטח Cush (dwelling) securely Ezekiel 30:9 (pregnant construction, strike out בטח Co); וַיָּבאֹוּ עַל הָעִיר בֶּטַח and they came upon the city (dwelling) securely Genesis 34:25 (J).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:25; 34:25

Leviticus

25:18; 25:19; 26:5

Deuteronomy

12:10; 33:12; 33:28

Judges

8:11; 18:7

1 Samuel

12:11

1 Kings

5:5

Job

11:18; 24:23

Psalms

16:9; 78:53

Proverbs

1:33; 3:23; 3:29; 10:9

Isaiah

14:30; 30:15; 32:17; 47:8

Jeremiah

23:6; 32:37; 33:16; 49:31

Ezekiel

28:26; 30:9; 34:25; 34:27; 34:28; 38:8; 38:11; 38:14; 39:6; 39:26

Hosea

2:20

Micah

2:8

Zephaniah

2:15

Zechariah

14:11

H983

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H983 matches the Hebrew בֶּטַח (beṭaḥ),
which occurs 42 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 - Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:19 - And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:10 - But when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Jehovah your God causeth you to inherit, and he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:12 - Of Benjamin he said,
The beloved of Jehovah shall dwell in safety by him;
He covereth him all the day long,
And he dwelleth between his shoulders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:28 -
And Israel dwelleth in safety,
The fountain of Jacob alone,
In a land of grain and new wine;
Yea, his heavens drop down dew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:11 - And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put them to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:11 - And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and ye dwelt in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 -
And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope;
Yea, thou shalt search about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:23 -
God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon;
And his eyes are upon their ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:8 -
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep;
For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:9 -
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth:
My flesh also shall dwell in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:53

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:53 -
And he led them safely, so that they feared not;
But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:33 -
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely,
And shall be quiet without fear of evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:23 -
Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely,
And thy foot shall not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29 -
Devise not evil against thy neighbor,
Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:9 -
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely;
But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17 - And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 - Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:6 - In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:37 - Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:16 - In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is the name whereby she shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:31 - Arise, get you up unto a nation that is at ease, that dwelleth without care, saith Jehovah; that have neither gates nor bars, that dwell alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:26 - And they shall dwell securely therein; yea, they shall build houses, and plant vineyards, and shall dwell securely, when I have executed judgments upon all those that do them despite round about them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - In that day shall messengers go forth from before me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid; and there shall be anguish upon them, as in the day of Egypt; for, lo, it cometh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25 - And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27 - And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:28 - And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, neither shall the beasts of the earth devour them; but they shall dwell securely, and none shall make them afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:8 - After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, upon the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:11 - and thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:14 - Therefore, son of man, prophesy, and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: In that day when my people Israel dwelleth securely, shalt thou not know it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6 - And I will send a fire on Magog, and on them that dwell securely in the isles; and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:26 - And they shall bear their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they shall dwell securely in their land, and none shall make them afraid;

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:8 - But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the joyous city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none besides me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:11 - And men shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more curse; but Jerusalem shall dwell safely.
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