בֶּטַח
beṭach · beh'takh
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
Lexicon
Derivation: from H982 (בָּטַח);
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
- properly, a place of refuge
- abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust)
- often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assurance, boldly, (without) care(-less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to surround and contain › to separate and protect
The house, what is within that works to surround and contain that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֶּטַח 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
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- safely15 · 36%
- in safety7 · 17%
- carelessly3 · 7%
- boldly1 · 2%
- therein in safety1 · 2%
- was secure1 · 2%
- careless1 · 2%
- safe1 · 2%
- him to be in safety1 · 2%
- in hope1 · 2%
- them on safely1 · 2%
- securely1 · 2%
- surely1 · 2%
- and assurance1 · 2%
- without care1 · 2%
- with confidence1 · 2%
- to make the careless1 · 2%
- and they shall be safe1 · 2%
- by securely1 · 2%
- shall be safely1 · 2%
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.