Lexicon :: Strong's H983 - beṭaḥ

Now on the third day [after the circumcision], when all the men were [terribly] sore and in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s [full] brothers, took their swords, boldly entered the city [without anyone suspecting them of evil intent], and they killed every male.

‘Therefore you shall carry out My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them, so that you may live securely on the land.

Of Benjamin he said,

“May the beloved of the LORD [fn]dwell in safety by Him;

He shields and covers him all the day long,

And he dwells between His shoulders.”

“So Israel dwells in safety and security,

The fountain of Jacob alone and secluded,

In a land of grain and new wine;

His heavens also drop down dew.

Then the five men went on and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, [how they were] living securely in the style of the Sidonians, quiet and peaceful; and there was no oppressive magistrate in the land humiliating them in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

“Then you would trust [with confidence], because there is hope;

You would look around you and rest securely.

“God gives them security, and they are supported;

And His eyes are on their ways.

In peace [and with a tranquil heart] I will both lie down and sleep,

For You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety and confident trust.

Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my innermost self] rejoices;

My body too will dwell [confidently] in safety,

He led them safely, so that they did not fear;

But the sea engulfed their enemies.

“But whoever listens to me (Wisdom) will live securely and in confident trust

And will be at ease, without fear or dread of evil.”

Then you will walk on your way [of life] securely

And your foot will not stumble.

Do not devise evil against your neighbor,

Who lives securely beside you.

He who walks in integrity and with moral character walks securely,

But he who takes a crooked way will be discovered and punished.

“The firstborn of the helpless [of Judah] will feed [on My meadows],

And the needy will lie down in safety;

But I will kill your root with famine,

And your survivors will be put to death.

And the effect of righteousness will be peace,

And the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.

“Now, then, hear this, you who live a luxuriant life,

You who dwell safely and securely,

Who say in your heart (mind),

‘I am [the queen], and there is no one besides me.

I shall not sit as a widow,

Nor know the loss of children.’

“In His days Judah will be saved,

And Israel will dwell safely;

Now this is His name by which He will be called;

‘The LORD Our Righteousness.’

“Arise [Nebuchadnezzar], go up against a nation which is at ease,

Which lives securely,” says the LORD,

“A nation which has neither gates nor bars;

They dwell apart and alone.

“On that day [swift] messengers will go from Me in ships to frighten the careless and unsuspecting Ethiopians, and there will be anguish and trembling in them as in the day of [judgment for] Egypt; for behold, it is coming!”

“I will make a covenant of peace with them and will eliminate the predatory animals from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep [safely] in the woods.

“Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD, “On that day when My people Israel live securely, will you not become aware of it [and become active]?

“And in that day I will make a covenant for Israel

With the animals of the open country

And with the birds of the heavens

And with the creeping things of the ground.

And I will abolish the bow and the sword and [banish] war from the land

And will make them lie down in safety.

“But lately My people have stood up as an enemy [and have made Me their antagonist].

You strip the ornaments off the garment

Of those unsuspecting passers-by,

Like those returned from war.

This is the joyous city

Which dwells carelessly [feeling so secure],

Who says in her heart,

“I am, and there is no one besides me.”

What a desolation she has become,

A lair for [wild] animals!

Everyone who passes by her will hiss [in scorn]

And wave his hand in contempt.