בָּצַר
bâtsar · baw-tsar'
to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; to clip off; specifically (as denominative from H1210 (בָּצִיר))
to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
- to gather grapes
- also, to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cut off, (de-) fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest
The house, what is within that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּצַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and fenced2 · 7%
- fenced2 · 7%
- in all the fenced2 · 7%
- against the fenced2 · 7%
- will be restrained1 · 3%
- neither gather1 · 3%
- of itself in it, nor gather1 · 3%
- are walled1 · 3%
- and walled up1 · 3%
- were fenced1 · 3%
- and fenced up1 · 3%
- when thou gatherest1 · 3%
- and gathered1 · 3%
- him fenced1 · 3%
- against all the fenced1 · 3%
- throughout all the fenced1 · 3%
- strong1 · 3%
- can be withholden1 · 3%
- he shall cut off1 · 3%
- and upon every fenced1 · 3%
- to fortify1 · 3%
- of a defenced1 · 3%
- yet the defenced1 · 3%
- against all the defenced1 · 3%
- defenced1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.