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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, "If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:5 - You must not gather in the aftergrowth of your harvest and you must not pick the grapes of 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 - That fiftieth year will be your jubilee; you must not sow the land, harvest its aftergrowth, or pick the grapes of its unpruned vines.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:28 - But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:5 - All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:1 - Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:21 - When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:52

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:52 - They will besiege all of your villages until all of your high and fortified walls collapse - those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:12 - Now, assign me this hill country which the LORD promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. But, assuming the LORD is with me, I will conquer them, as the LORD promised."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, squeezed out the juice, and celebrated. They came to the temple of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - Then David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord's servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure fortified cities for himself and get away from us."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:13 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:25 - Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, In ancient times I planned it; and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:2 - He placed troops in all of Judah's fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:5 - He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:1 - After these faithful deeds were accomplished, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities, intending to seize them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:14 - After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things - wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full 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; no purpose of yours can be thwarted;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:12 - He humbles princes; the kings of the earth regard him as awesome.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:15 - for every high tower, for every fortified wall,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:10 - You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:2 - Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city, 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 left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:1 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:26 - Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:9 - This is what the LORD who rules over all said to me: "Those who remain in Israel will be like the grapes thoroughly gleaned from a vine. So go over them again, as though you were a grape harvester passing your hand over the branches one last time."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:20 - I will make you as strong as a wall to these people, a fortified wall of bronze. They will attack you, but they will not be able to overcome you. For I will be with you to rescue you and deliver you," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:3 - 'Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:9 - If grape pickers came to pick your grapes, would they not leave a few grapes behind? If robbers came at night, would they not pillage only what they needed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:53

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:53 - Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky and fortifies her elevated stronghold, I will send destroyers against her," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:20 - Mark out the routes for the sword to take: "Rabbah of the Ammonites" and "Judah with Jerusalem in it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:35 - They will say, "This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; the ruined, desolate, and destroyed cities are now fortified and inhabited."

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:14 - Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:5 - "If thieves came to rob you during the night, they would steal only as much as they wanted! If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards, they would leave some behind for the poor! But you will be totally destroyed!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:16 - a day of trumpet blasts and battle cries. Judgment will fall on the fortified cities and the high corner towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:2 - Howl, fir tree, because the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees have been destroyed. Howl, oaks of Bashan, because the impenetrable forest has fallen.
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