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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 - And the LORD said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:11 - That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; in it you shall neither sow nor reap what grows of itself nor gather the grapes from the undressed vines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we. The cities are great and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:1 - “Hear, O Israel: you are to cross over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, cities great and fortified up to heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not strip it afterward. It shall be for the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - “They shall besiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:12 - So now give me this hill country of which the LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the LORD said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he get himself to fortified cities and escape from us.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came 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 - “Have you not heard
that I determined it long ago?
I planned from days of old
what now I bring to pass,
that you should turn fortified cities
into heaps of ruins,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim that Asa his father had captured.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:5 - He appointed judges in the land in 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 these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to win them for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - Afterward he built an outer wall for the city of David west of Gihon, in the valley, and for the entrance into the Fish Gate, and carried it around Ophel, and raised it to a very great height. He also put commanders of the army in all the fortified cities in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:2 - “I know that you can do all things,
and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:12 - who cuts off the spirit of princes,
who is to be feared by the kings of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:15 - against every high tower,
and against every fortified wall;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 - and you counted the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - For you have made the city a heap,
the fortified city a ruin;
the foreigners’ palace is a city no more;
it will never be rebuilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:10 - For the fortified city is solitary,
a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness;
there the calf grazes;
there it lies down and strips its branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, 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 - “‘Have you not heard
that I determined it long ago?
I planned from days of old
what now I bring to pass,
that you should make fortified cities
crash into heaps of ruins,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 - Thus says the LORD of hosts:
“They shall glean thoroughly as a vine
the remnant of Israel;
like a grape gatherer pass your hand again
over its branches.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:20 - And I will make you to this people
a fortified wall of bronze;
they will fight against you,
but they shall not prevail over you,
for I am with you
to save you and deliver you,
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:3 - Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:9 - If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave gleanings?
If thieves came by night,
would they not destroy only enough for themselves?

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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 her strong height,
yet destroyers would come from me against her,
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - Mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah, into Jerusalem the fortified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - For Israel has forgotten his Maker
and built palaces,
and Judah has multiplied fortified cities;
so I will send a fire upon his cities,
and it shall devour her strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - If thieves came to you,
if plunderers came by night—
how you have been destroyed!—
would they not steal only enough for themselves?
If grape gatherers came to you,
would they not leave gleanings?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16 - a day of trumpet blast and battle cry
against the fortified cities
and against the lofty battlements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
for the glorious trees are ruined!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the thick forest has been felled!
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