BDB1261
בִּצָּה noun feminine swamp, Job 8:11 as place where rushes grow, compare Job 40:21 בִּצּאֹתָ֯ו (Co ובצותיו) plural suffix Ezek 47:11 (|| וּגְבָאָיו).
Strong's Lexicon
H1207
H1207 — בִּצָּה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H1207 |
|---|---|
| Word: | בִּצָּה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | intensive from H1206 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | bitstsah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | bits-tsaw' |
| Meaning: | 1. a swamp |
| KJV Renderings: | fen, mire(-ry place). |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
בצה (bitz-tzah’)
Job 8:11
- KJV: Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
- EHCC: Can the rush grow up without mire?
Job 40:21
- KJV: He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
- EHCC: in the covert of the reed, and fens.
Ezekiel 47:11
- KJV: But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.shall not…: or, and that which shall not be healed
- EHCC: But the miry places thereof
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