Bezer
בֶּ֫צֶרStrong’s H1221betser (be-tser)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Betser is the Hebrew word usually translated “bezer”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.”
Meaning
- Bezer = "gold ore" or "remote fortress"
- Son of Zophah, one of the heads of the houses of Asher
- A city of refuge in Reuben in the downs on the east of the Jordan
How it's translated
- bezer 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Deuteronomy 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Joshua 20:8And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 21:36And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
- 1 Chronicles 6:78And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
- 1 Chronicles 7:37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
Hebrew dictionary
בֶּ֫צֶר betser · Bezer
Bezer = "gold ore" or "remote fortress" a city of refuge in Reuben in the downs on the east of the Jordan Also named: bots.rah (בׇּצְרָה "Bozrah" H1224H)
בֶּ֫צֶר betser · Bezer
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.37; son of: Zophah (H6690); brother of: Suah (H5477), Harnepher (H2774), Shual (H7777B), Beri (H1275), Imrah (H3236), Hod (H1936), Shamma (H8037H), Shilshah (H8030), Ithran (H3506H) and Beera (H0878) § Bezer = "gold ore" or "remote fortress" 1) son of Zophah, one of the heads of the houses of Asher 2) a city of refuge in Reuben in the downs on the east of the Jordan
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.