Strong's Lexicon

H1220

H1220 — בֶּצֶר

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

Hebrewbetsernoun mascOccurrences: 2TWOT: 270a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1220
Word:בֶּצֶר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1219
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:betser
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:beh'-tser
Meaning:1. (strictly) a clipping 2. gold (as dug out)
KJV Renderings:gold defence.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1267

I. [בֶּ֫צֶר] noun [masculine] precious ore (A&W105 Thes), > gold, ring-gold HoffmZA 1887, 48 f. Hiob 70 (A W Thes ore as that broken off; Hoffm compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 674] ring, Hebrew בָּצְרָה enclosure, Talmud בטרא finger-measure, etc.; a √ II. בצר must then be assumed, = [untranscribed source text 675]) — בָּצֶ֑ר Job 22:24 (|| אוֺפִיר q. v.); בְּצָרֶיךָ Job 22:25 (|| כֶּסֶף) possibly also בִּצְרֵי כֶּסֶף Ps 68:31 for ᵑ0 ׳ בְּרַצֵּיכֿ, compare Checritical note NeJBL, 1891, 151.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בצר (beh’-tzer)

Job 22:94

EHCC: Then shalt thou lay צו pd
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