Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #1221 - בֶּצֶר Betser ("fortress")

Original Word:	בֶּצֶר
Transliteration:	Betser
Definition:	"fortress", a city in Reuben, also a descendant of Asher
Part of Speech:	proper name, of a location; proper name, masculine person
Phonetic Spelling:	(beh'-tser)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Bezer

The same as betser, an inaccessible spot; Betser, a place in Palestine; also an Israelite -- Bezer.

see HEBREW betser

Englishman's Concordance

Bezer=“gold ore” or “remote fortress”
1) son of Zophah, one of the heads of the houses of Asher (noun proper masculine)
2) a city of refuge in Reuben in the downs on the east of the Jordan (noun proper locative)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H1220

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. בֶּ֫צֶר (fortress) — 1. proper name, of a locationcity in Reuben (MI בצר) Deuteronomy 4:43; Joshua 20:8; 1 Chronicles 6:63.

2. proper name, masculine persona descendant of Asher1 Chronicles 7:37.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 1221. בֶּ֫צֶר (Betser) — 5 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 4:43
HEB: אֶת־ בֶּ֧צֶר בַּמִּדְבָּ֛ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ
NAS:Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau
KJV:[Namely], Bezer in the wilderness,
INT:Bezer the wilderness country

Joshua 20:8
HEB:נָתְנ֞וּ אֶת־ בֶּ֧צֶר בַּמִּדְבָּ֛ר בַּמִּישֹׁ֖ר
NAS: they designated Bezer in the wilderness
KJV: they assigned Bezer in the wilderness
INT: east designated Bezer the wilderness the plain

Joshua 21:36
HEB:רְאוּבֵ֔ן אֶת־ בֶּ֖צֶר וְאֶת־ מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ
NAS: of Reuben, [they gave] Bezer with its pasture
KJV: And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah
INT: the tribe of Reuben Bezer pasture and Jahaz

1 Chronicles 6:78
HEB:רְאוּבֵ֔ן אֶת־ בֶּ֥צֶר בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְאֶת־
NAS: of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness
KJV: of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness
INT: the tribe of Reuben Bezer the wilderness pasture

1 Chronicles 7:37
HEB: בֶּ֣צֶר וָה֗וֹד וְשַׁמָּ֧א
NAS:Bezer, Hod, Shamma,
KJV:Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma,
INT:Bezer Hod Shamma

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