Strong's Lexicon

H983

H983 — בֶּטַח

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

Hebrewbetachnoun mascOccurrences: 42TWOT: 233a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H983
Word:	בֶּטַח
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H982
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	42
Transliteration:	betach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	beh'takh
Meaning:	1. (properly) a place of refuge 2. (abstract) safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust) 3. (often, adverb with or without preposition) safely
KJV Renderings:	assurance, boldly, (without) care(- less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1018

I. בֶּ֫טַח noun [masculine] security — Gen 34:25 + 41 t.; הַשְׁקֵט וָבֶטַח Isa 32:17 quietness and security = בְּהַשְׁקֵט וּבְבִטְחָה Isa 30:15 (but probably both infinitives) elsewhere always adverb; — securely, ישׁב לבטח Lev 25:18; Lev 25:19; Lev 26:5; Judg 18:7; 1Kgs 5:5; Ps 4:9; Prov 3:29; Isa 47:8; Jer 32:37; Jer 49:31; Ezek 28:26; Ezek 34:25; Ezek 34:28; Ezek 38:8; Ezek 38:11; Ezek 38:14; Ezek 39:6; Ezek 39:26; Zeph 2:15; Zech 14:11 ישׁב בטח Deut 12:10; 1Sam 12:11 שׁכן לבטח Deut 33:12; Ps 16:9; Jer 23:6; Jer 33:16 שׁכן בטח Deut 33:28; Prov 1:33 (היה) לבטח Job 24:23; Ezek 34:27 היה בטח Judg 8:11 הלך לבטח Prov 3:23 הלך בטח Prov 10:9 שׁכב לבטח Job 11:18; Hos 2:20 רבץ לבטח Isa 14:30 נחה לבטח Ps 78:53 עבר בטח Mic 2:8 כושׁ בטח Cush (dwelling) securely Ezek 30:9 (pregnant construction, strike out בטח Co); וַיָּבאֹוּ עַל הָעִיר בֶּטַח and they came upon the city (dwelling) securely Gen 34:25 ( J ).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בטח (beh’-tagh)

Job 11:18

KJV: And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

EHCC: thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

Micah 2:8

KJV: Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.of late: Heb. yesterdaywith the: Heb. over against a

EHCC: them that pass by securely

Zephaniah 2:15

KJV: This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

EHCC: the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly,

Zechariah 14:11

KJV: And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.shall be: or, shall abide

EHCC: Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

Isaiah 80:15

EHCC: and in confidence shall be your strength: |