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בָּצַר H1219

H1219 is the Hebrew word בָּצַר, transliterated bâtsar and said baw-tsar'. The King James Version most often renders it fenced.

Word: בָּצַרTransliteration: bâtsarSaid: baw-tsar'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 36 verses

What it means

to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification).

Where it comes from

a primitive root; to clip off; specifically (as denominative from H1210 (בָּצִיר)).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

fenced 9×against the fenced 2×defenced 2×restrained 1×neither gather 1×itself in it nor gather 1×walled 1×walled up 1×fenced up 1×gatherest 1×gathered 1×against all the fenced 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: cut off, (de-) fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold.

Verses using בָּצַר

All 36 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 11:6 · KJV

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.

Leviticus 25:5 · KJV

That 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 25:11 · KJV

A 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 13:28 · KJV

Nevertheless 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 1:28 · KJV

Whither 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 3:5 · KJV

All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

Deuteronomy 9:1 · KJV

Hear, 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,

Deuteronomy 24:21 · KJV

When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.

Deuteronomy 28:52 · KJV

And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Joshua 14:12 · KJV

Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.

Judges 9:27 · KJV

And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

2 Samuel 20:6 · KJV

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

2 Kings 18:13 · KJV

Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.

2 Kings 19:25 · KJV

Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

2 Chronicles 17:2 · KJV

And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

2 Chronicles 19:5 · KJV

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

2 Chronicles 32:1 · KJV

After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

2 Chronicles 33:14 · KJV

Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.

Nehemiah 9:25 · KJV

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

Psalm 76:12 · KJV

He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.

Isaiah 2:15 · KJV

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

Isaiah 22:10 · KJV

And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

Isaiah 25:2 · KJV

For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

Isaiah 27:10 · KJV

Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

Isaiah 36:1 · KJV

Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

Isaiah 37:26 · KJV

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

Jeremiah 6:9 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

Jeremiah 15:20 · KJV

And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 33:3 · KJV

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Jeremiah 49:9 · KJV

If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.

Jeremiah 51:53 · KJV

Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 36:35 · KJV

And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.

Hosea 8:14 · KJV

For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

Obadiah 1:5 · KJV

If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

Zephaniah 1:16 · KJV

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

Zechariah 11:2 · KJV

Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1219 mean?

H1219 is the Hebrew word בָּצַר (bâtsar), meaning to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification).

How is H1219 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it fenced (9 times), against the fenced (2 times), defenced (2 times), restrained (1 time), neither gather (1 time), among others.

How many times does H1219 appear in the Bible?

בָּצַר (bâtsar) is tagged in 36 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1219 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root; to clip off; specifically (as denominative from H1210 (בָּצִיר)).

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