Strong's Lexicon

H1226

H1226 — בַּצּוֹרֶת

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

Hebrewbatstsorethnoun femOccurrences: 2TWOT: 270d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1226
Word:בַּצּוֹרֶת
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine intensive from H1219
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:batstsoreth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:bats-tso'-reth
Meaning:1. restraint 2. (of rain) drought
KJV Renderings:dearth, drought.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1272

בַּצֹּרֶת noun feminine dearth (compare following), ׳ שְׁנַת בּ Jer 17:8.


BDB1273

בַּצָּרָה noun feminine dearth, destitution (i.e. diminution, compare [untranscribed source text 676] PS572; see also verb בצר ᵑ7 Prov 14:28 people reduced) — dearth (= בצרת) ׳ עִתּוֺת בּ Ps 9:10; Ps 10:1 plural בַּצָּרוֺת Jer 14:1.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בצורת (batz-tzoh’-reth)

Concordance entry

EHCC: Jer.14: l.concerning the dearth. (marg.dearths, ot, 17: 8 be carchal ) the of drought, ) 0. ם ear . restraint) 0 -
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