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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 - Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:18 - “ ‘Follow my decrees and be careful to obey my laws, and you will live safely in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:19 - Then the land will yield its fruit, and you will eat your fill and live there in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:5 - Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:10 - But you will cross the Jordan and settle in the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and he will give you rest from all your enemies around you so that you will live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:12 - About Benjamin he said: “Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:28 - So Israel will live in safety; Jacob will dwell[fn] secure in a land of grain and new wine, where the heavens drop dew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:11 - Gideon went up by the route of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and attacked the unsuspecting army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - So the five men left and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living in safety, like the Sidonians, at peace and secure. And since their land lacked nothing, they were prosperous.[fn] Also, they lived a long way from the Sidonians and had no relationship with anyone else.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:11 - Then the LORD sent Jerub-Baal,[fn] Barak,[fn] Jephthah and Samuel,[fn] and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:18 - You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:23 - He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:8 - In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make 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 tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:53

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:53 - He guided them safely, so they were unafraid; but the sea engulfed their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:33 - but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:23 - Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29 - Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:9 - Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But your root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your survivors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17 - The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:8 - “Now then, listen, you lover of pleasure, lounging in your security and saying to yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or suffer the loss of children.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:6 - In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The LORD Our Righteous Savior.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:37 - I will surely gather them from all the lands where I banish them in my furious anger and great wrath; I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:16 - In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name by which it[fn] will be called: The LORD Our Righteous Savior.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:31 - “Arise and attack a nation at ease, which lives in confidence,”

declares the LORD,

“a nation that has neither gates nor bars; its people live far from danger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:26 - They will live there in safety and will build houses and plant vineyards; they will live in safety when I inflict punishment on all their neighbors who maligned them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:9 - “ ‘On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush out of her complacency. Anguish will take hold of them on the day of Egypt’s doom, for it is sure to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25 - “ ‘I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:27 - The trees will yield their fruit and the ground will yield its crops; the people 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 hands of those who enslaved them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:28 - They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety, and no one will make them afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:8 - After many days you will be called to arms. In future years you will invade a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and now all of them live in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:11 - You will say, “I will invade a land of unwalled villages; I will attack a peaceful and unsuspecting people—all of them living without walls and without gates and bars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:14 - “Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In that day, when my people Israel are living in safety, will you not take notice of it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6 - I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in safety in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:26 - They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 - In that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the creatures that move along the ground. Bow and sword and battle I will abolish from the land, so that all may lie down in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:8 - Lately my people have risen up like an enemy. You strip off the rich robe from those who pass by without a care, like men returning from battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:15 - This is the city of revelry that lived in safety. She said to herself, “I am the one! And there is none besides me.” What a ruin she has become, a lair for wild beasts! All who pass by her scoff and shake their fists.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:11 - It will be inhabited; never again will it be destroyed. Jerusalem will be secure.
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