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HebrewH1221Noun

בֶּ֫צֶר

be.tser

4Occurrences
H1221Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Betser, a place in Palestine; also an Israelite

the same as H1220 (בֶּצֶר), an inaccessible spot;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

בֶּ֫צֶר appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
2
1 Chronicles
1
Deuteronomy
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 7:37BSB

Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

Deuteronomy 4:43BSB

Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.

Joshua 20:8BSB

And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 21:36BSB

From the tribe of Reuben they were given Bezer, Jahaz,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.