Lexicon :: Strong's H983 - beṭaḥ

On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and killed every male.

“You are to keep my statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.

“Your threshing will continue until grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have plenty of food to eat and live securely in your land.

“When you cross the Jordan and live in the land the LORD your God is giving you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you live in security,

He said about Benjamin:

The LORD’s beloved rests[fn] securely on him.

He[fn] shields him all day long,

and he rests on his shoulders.[fn]

So Israel dwells securely;

Jacob lives untroubled[fn]

in a land of grain and new wine;

even his skies drip with dew.

Gideon traveled on the caravan route[fn] east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked their army while the army felt secure.

The five men left and came to Laish. They saw that the people who were there were living securely, in the same way as the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking[fn] in the land and no oppressive ruler. They were far from the Sidonians, having no alliance with anyone.[fn]

“So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak,[fn] Jephthah, and Samuel. He rescued you from the power of the enemies around you, and you lived securely.

Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba, each person under his own vine and his own fig tree.

You will be confident, because there is hope.

You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,

but his eyes watch over their ways.

I will both lie down and sleep in peace,

for you alone, LORD, make me live in safety.

Therefore my heart is glad

and my whole being rejoices;

my body also rests securely.

He led them safely, and they were not afraid;

but the sea covered their enemies.

“But whoever listens to me will live securely

and be undisturbed by the dread of danger.”

Then you will go safely on your way;

your foot will not stumble.

Don’t plan any harm against your neighbor,

for he trusts you and lives near you.

The one who lives with integrity lives securely,

but whoever perverts his ways will be found out.

Then the firstborn of the poor will be well fed,

and the impoverished will lie down in safety,

but I will kill your root with hunger,

and your remnant will be slain.

The result of righteousness will be peace;

the effect of righteousness

will be quiet confidence forever.

“So now hear this, lover of luxury,

who sits securely,

who says to herself,

‘I am, and there is no one else.

I will never be a widow

or know the loss of children.’

“In his days Judah will be saved,

and Israel will dwell securely.

This is the name he will be called:

The LORD Is Our Righteousness.[fn]

“I will certainly gather them from all the lands where I have banished them in my anger, fury, and intense wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them live in safety.

“In those days Judah will be saved,

and Jerusalem will dwell securely,

and this is what she will be named:

The LORD Is Our Righteousness.[fn]

Rise up, attack a nation at ease,

one living in security.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

They have no doors, not even a gate bar;

they live alone.

“They will live there securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute judgments against all their neighbors who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’ ”

On that day, messengers will go out from me in ships to terrify confident Cush. Anguish will come over them on the day of Egypt’s doom.[fn] For indeed it is coming.

“ ‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate dangerous creatures from the land, so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

“The trees of the field will yield their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; my flock will be secure in their land. They will know that I am the LORD when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the power of those who enslave them.

“After a long time you will be summoned. In the last years you will enter a land that has been restored from war[fn] and regathered from many peoples to the mountains of Israel, which had long been a ruin. They were brought out from the peoples, and all of them now live securely.

“You will say, “I will advance against a land of open villages; I will come against a tranquil people who are living securely, all of them living without walls and without bars or gates” ​— ​

“Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when my people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not know this

“ ‘I will send fire against Magog and those who live securely on the coasts and islands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

“They will feel remorse for[fn][fn] their disgrace and all the unfaithfulness they committed against me, when they live securely in their land with no one to frighten them.

On that day I will make a covenant for them

with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,

and the creatures that crawl on the ground.

I will shatter bow, sword,

and weapons of war in the land[fn]

and will enable the people to rest securely.

But recently my people have risen up

like an enemy:

You strip off the splendid robe

from those who are passing through confidently,

like those returning from war.

This is the jubilant city

that lives in security,

that says to herself:

I exist, and there is no one else.

What a desolation she has become,

a place for wild animals to lie down!

Everyone who passes by her

scoffs[fn] and shakes his fist.

People will live there, and never again will there be a curse of complete destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell in security.