בָּצוֹר
bâtsôwr · H1208 · Hebrew · 25 occurrences
Meanings
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inaccessible > fortified
State in which an area has been made inaccessible and strong, beyond the reach of others, such as enemies, usually by surrounding it by a high wall
ExamplesDeuteronomy 1:28 ‘Where can we go up? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, by saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified up to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there.”’
Deuteronomy 3:5 “All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns.
Deuteronomy 9:1 “Hear, Israel! You are crossing the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, cities that are great and fortified to heaven,
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State in which a person is emotionally strong and not given to fear and panic (fortified > strong (of character))
ExamplesJeremiah 15:20 “Then I will make you to this people A fortified wall of bronze; And though they fight against you, They will not prevail over you; For I am with you to save you And rescue you,” declares the LORD.
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secret
State in which certain information is not generally accessible, with the exception of a priviliged small group
ExamplesJeremiah 33:3 ‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָגַדto tell, to inform, to report 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- עִירcity, town 3
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 4 entries
- Unable002001001065
- בָּצוֹר describes something rendered inaccessible or unassailable by fortification, an extension toward the idea that the fortified target cannot be taken, as reflected in the spies' report of cities too strong to overcome in Numbers 13:28.
- Strong002001001063
- The word most directly describes physical strength through defensive construction, as in Deuteronomy 1:28's "the cities are large and fortified up to heaven" (בְּצֻרֹת), naming the walls' formidable strength.
- Confident002001002003
- בָּצוֹר also carries an extended sense tied to the false confidence such fortifications inspire in those who trust in them rather than in the LORD, a nuance built on the base "fortified" sense.
- Non-Know002004002008
- The word further extends to describe something hidden, inaccessible to knowledge much as a fortified city is inaccessible to attack, as in Deuteronomy 1:28's fearful uncertainty of what lies within such formidable, unknown cities.
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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