בָּצַר batsar
Hebrew word for “to gather/restrain/fortify” · Strong’s H1219 · used 37 times in 37 verses
Meaning
1) to gather, restrain, fence, fortify, make inaccessible, enclose;
How it is translated
Glosses given for batsar in context, with how often each is used:
- fortified 24
- will gather grapes 3
- grape gatherers 2
- will be withheld 1
- gathered grapes 1
- withheld 1
- humbles 1
- fortify 1
- like a grape gatherer 1
- incomprehensible things 1
- will fortify 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Deuteronomy | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 5 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Leviticus | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 6 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 25 (2), Genesis 11 (1), Numbers 13 (1), Deuteronomy 1 (1), Deuteronomy 3 (1), Deuteronomy 9 (1), Deuteronomy 24 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), Joshua 14 (1), Judges 9 (1)
Forms
- בצרות 8
- הבצרות 7
- בצורה 5
- יבצר 3
- תבצר 3
- בצרים 2
- תבצרו 1
- ובצורת 1
- ובצרת 1
- והבצרות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with batsar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עִיר ir “city” 20
- חוֹמָה chomah “wall” 6
- יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 8
- גָּבֹהַּ gavoah “high” 4
- גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 6
- סַנְחֵרִיב sancheriv “Sennacherib” 3
- עַתָּה attah “now” 5
- גַּל gal “heap” 3
- כֶּרֶם kerem “vineyard” 3
- סָפִיחַ saphiach “aftergrowth” 2
- שָׁאָה shaah “to crash” 2
- עֹלֵלוֹת olelah “gleaning” 2
Key verses
The verses using batsar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 1:28 — Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to…
- Deuteronomy 9:1 — Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
- Deuteronomy 28:52 — And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege…
- Judges 9:27 — And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and…
- Nehemiah 9:25 — And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so…
- Job 42:2 — I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
- Isaiah 27:10 — Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and…
- Isaiah 37:26 — Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay…
- Jeremiah 15:20 — And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to…
- Jeremiah 33:3 — Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
- Jeremiah 51:53 — Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
- Hosea 8:14 — For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour…
See all 37 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.