Strong's Hebrew · H983
H983 beṭach
בֶּטַח
beh'takh
security
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beṭach appears 42 times in Scripture, including Genesis 34:25 and Leviticus 25:18. 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
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
In the King James Version
assurance, boldly, (without) care(-less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.
Derivation
from H982 (בָּטַח);
Appears 42 times in Scripture
“On that day messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten Cush out of complacency. Anguish will come upon them on the day of Egypt’s doom. For it is indeed coming.”
“So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’”
“The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.”
“Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.”
“People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.”
“Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.”
“He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.”
“Then the land will yield its fruit, so that you can eat your fill and dwell in safety in the land.”
“You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.”
“When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,”
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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).
