To gather/restrain/fortify
בָּצַרStrong’s H1219batsar (ba-tsar)
Appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Batsar is the Hebrew word usually translated “fortified”, “gather grapes” and “grape gatherers”. It appears in 37 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”
Meaning
- To gather, restrain, fence, fortify, make inaccessible, enclose(Qal) · (Niphal) to be withheld · (Piel) to fortify
How it's translated
- fortified 21
- you will gather grapes 3
- and fortified 3
- grape gatherers 2
- it will be withheld 1
- and they gathered grapes 1
- it is withheld 1
- he humbles 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 6
- Deuteronomy 5
- Jeremiah 5
- 2 Chronicles 4
- Leviticus 2
- 2 Kings 2
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 25:5That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
- Leviticus 25:11A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed.
- Numbers 13:28Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
- Deuteronomy 1:28Whither 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 heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
- Deuteronomy 3:5All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
- Deuteronomy 9:1Hear, 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,
All 37 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
בָּצַר batsar · to gather/restrain/fortify
1) to gather, restrain, fence, fortify, make inaccessible, enclose 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut off 1a2) fortified, cut off, made inaccessible (pass participle) 1a3) secrets, mysteries, inaccessible things (subst) 1b) (Niphal) to be withheld 1c) (Piel) to fortify
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.