H1226 בַּצֹּרֶת (batstsôreth) bats-tso'-reth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

drought

Strong's Definition

restraint (of rain), i.e. drought

Derivation: feminine intensive from H1219 (בָּצַר);

KJV Usage: dearth, drought.

TWOT Reference: 270d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) dearth, drought, destitution

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בַּצֹּרֶת (bats.tso.ret) — drought. dearth, drought, destitution

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

בַּצֹּרֶת (H1226)

noun f · בצר

Dry

drought = a prolonged period of dry weather ◄ due to scanty rainfall; ≈ injurious to crops, and so to all who depend on them for survival

JER 14:1 · JER 17:8

Enio R. Mueller

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בַּצֹּרֶת n.f. dearth Je 17:8. ref

Bible Occurrences (2)

14:1 17:8

Jeremiah 14:1

[This is] the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning... the drought:

Jeremiah 17:8

He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots... toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry... in a year of drought, [nor] does it cease to produce fruit.