Strong's Hebrew · H1219
H1219 bâtsar
בָּצַר
baw-tsar'
to gather/restrain/fortify
Looking for Greek G1219 dēmósios? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H1219. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
bâtsar appears 37 times in Scripture, including Genesis 11:6 and Leviticus 25:5. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
In the King James Version
cut off, (de-) fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold.
Derivation
a primitive root; to clip off; specifically (as denominative from H1210 (בָּצִיר))
Appears 37 times in Scripture
“And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.”
“Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.”
“In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.”
“against every high tower, against every fortified wall,”
“The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you; you are not to sow the land or reap its aftergrowth or harvest the untended vines.”
“Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’””
“Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.”
“When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.”
“All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.”
“You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
