Strong's Lexicon

H1219

H1219 — בָּצַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewbatsarverbOccurrences: 38TWOT: 270

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1219
Word:בָּצַר
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:38
Transliteration:batsar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:baw-tsar'
Meaning:1. to clip off 2. specifically (as denominative from H1210) to gather grapes 3. also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
KJV Renderings:cut off, (de-)fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold.

Use Strong's responsibly

Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.

Read: Using Strong's Responsibly

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1266

[בָּצַר] verb cut off, make inaccessible (especially by fortifying), enclose (Late Hebrew id. , Aramaic בְּצַר, [untranscribed source text 670] (Pa`el diminish, substract), perhaps compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 671] side, edge, [untranscribed source text 672], etc., rough stone, [untranscribed source text 673] land in which are sharp stones (compare Lane)) —

Qal Imperfect יִבְצֹר Ps 76:13 2 masculine singular תִּבְצֹר Lev 25:5; Deut 24:21, וַיִּבְצְרוּ Judg 9:27, תִּבְצְרוּ Lev 25:11 Participle active בּוֺצֵר Jer 6:9, ˜בֹּצְרִים Jer 49:9; Obad 1:5 passive masculine בָּצוּר Zech 11:2 Kt ( Qr בָּצִיר), feminine בְּצוּרָה Isa 2:15 + 3 t. + Ezek 21:25 see below; plural feminine בְּצוּרוֺת Ezek 36:35, בְּצֻרוֺת Num 13:28 + 14 t., בְּצוּרֹת Deut 1:28; Neh 9:25, בְּצֻרֹת Deut 3:5; Deut 9:1 — cut off, grape-clusters, ענבים Lev 25:5, compare v Lev 25:11 (object נזיר), Deut 24:21; Judg 9:27 (object in both, כרם); hence Participle active grape-gathering, -gatherer Jer 6:9; Jer 49:9; Obad 1:5 figurative cut off (= take away) Ps 76:13 (object רות נגידים); most often Passive participle cut off, made inaccessible, De Isa 2:15 = fortified, always f.; generally adjective with עיר, ערים; Num 13:28; Deut 1:28; Deut 3:5; Deut 9:1; Josh 14:12; 2Sam 20:6; 2Kgs 18:13 = Isa 36:1; 2Kgs 19:25 = Isa 37:26; 2Chr 17:2; 2Chr 19:5; 2Chr 32:1; 2Chr 33:14; Neh 9:25; Isa 25:2; Isa 27:10; Ezek 36:35; Hos 8:14; Zeph 1:16 rarely with חומה Deut 28:52; Isa 2:15; Jer 15:20 ׳ יער הב Zech 11:2 (read Kt ); once, substantive of secrets, mysteries (= unattainable things) Jer 33:3 ׳ ב Ezek 21:25 ᵐ5 Sm Co בְּתוֺכָהּ, doubtless right.
Niph`al Imperfect יִבָּצֵר be withheld Gen 11:6 ( מֵהֶם), Job 42:2 (מִמְּךָ).
Pi`el Imperfect 3 feminine singular תְּבַצֵּר Jer 51:53 fortify; so Infinitive לְבַּצֵר Isa 22:10 .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בצר (bah-tzar’)

Leviticus 25:5

KJV: That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.of thy vine…: Heb. of thy separation
EHCC: neither er the grapes

Deuteronomy 24:21

KJV: When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.afterward: Heb. after thee
EHCC: When thon gatherest the grapes

Judges 9:27

KJV: And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.merry: or, songs
EHCC: and gathered their vineyards,

Psalms 76:12

KJV: He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.
EHCC: (13). He shall cut off the spirit of princes:

Jeremiah 6:9

KJV: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
EHCC: turn back thine hand asa grapegutherer

Numbers 13:28

KJV: Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
EHCC: and the cities (are) walled,

Deuteronomy 1:28

KJV: Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.discouraged: Heb. melted
EHCC: und walled up to heaven ;

2 Kings 18:13

KJV: Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.Sennacherib: Heb. Sanherib
EHCC: come uy inst all the fenced cities

2 Kings 19:25

KJV: Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.long…: or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps?
EHCC: eae ee tay waste fenced cities

2 Chronicles 17:2

KJV: And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
EHCC: placed forces in all the fenced cities .

2 Chronicles 33:14

KJV: Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.Ophel: or, the tower
EHCC: in all the fenced cities of Judah. י

Nehemiah 9:25

KJV: And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.wells: or, cisternsfruit…: Heb. tree of food
EHCC: they took strong cities,

Isaiah 2:15

KJV: And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
EHCC: upon every fenced wall,

Isaiah 25:2

KJV: For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
EHCC: 8 defenced city a ruin: .

Isaiah 37:26

KJV: Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.Hast…: or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps?
EHCC: to lay waste defenced cities

Jeremiah 15:20

KJV: And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
EHCC: unto this people a fenced brasen

Jeremiah 33:3

KJV: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.mighty: or, hidden
EHCC: shew wees greatand mighty things, (mary.

Jeremiah 98:55

EHCC: devole and ruined cities (are become)

Hosea 8:14

KJV: For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
EHCC: Judah hath multiplied fenced cities:

Zephaniah 1:16

KJV: A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.
EHCC: against the fenced cities,

Zechariah 11:2

KJV: Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.mighty: or, gallantsthe forest…: or, the defenced forest
EHCC: (a:n>) the forest of the vintage [accort-

Isaiah 22:10

KJV: And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
EHCC: broken down to fortify the wall.

Jeremiah 51:53

KJV: Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the Lord.
EHCC: though she should fortify
↑ Top