Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to clip off; specifically (as denominative from 1210) to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
KJV Usage: cut off, (de-)fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
בָּצַר (ba.tsar) — 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · בָּצִיר · בַּצֹּרֶת · בַּצָּרָה · בָּצוּר · בִּצָּרֹון · מִבְצָר
Gather | verb qal
to gather (grapes) = action by which someone picks or harvests grapes from vines
verb · בָּצוּר
Unable | verb nif | ≠ יכל
to be impossible, to be out of reach = state of being beyond someone's capacity to handle
Unable | verb pi
to fortify, to make unapproachable = action by which someone causes something else to be beyond the reach of others, such as enemies, by making it strong and inaccessible
Afraid | verb qal | ≈ ירא
Collocation: בצר רוּחַ
to inspire fear literally: to disable (someone's) breath/spirit; hence: = action by which someone breaks someone else's courage
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[בָּצַר] vb. cut off, make inaccessible (esp. by fortifying), enclose Qal cut off, grape-clusters; hence grape-gathering, -gatherer; fig. cut off (= take away)
Niph. be withheld
Pi. fortify
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