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H983 בֶּטַח (beṭach) beh'takh

Hebrew
Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

security

Strong's Definition

properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely

Derivation: from H982 (בָּטַח);

KJV Usage: assurance, boldly, (without) care(-less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.

TWOT Reference: 233a

Outline of Biblical Usage

n m
1) security, safety
adv
2) securely

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בֶּ֫טַח (be.tach) — security. 1) security, safety adv 2) securely

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · בטח

Confident | ≈ שׁקט

confident, unsuspecting, securely, off guard = state in which humans live with confidence and without fear; ≈ often regarded as carelessness, especially when there is no mention of trust in YHWH

GEN 34:25 · LEV 25:18 · LEV 25:19 · LEV 26:5 · DEU 12:10 · DEU 33:12 · DEU 33:28 · JDG 8:11 · JDG 18:7 · 1SA 12:11 · 1KI 5:5 · JOB 11:18 · JOB 24:23 · PSA 4:9 · PSA 16:9 · PSA 78:53 · PRO 1:33 · PRO 3:23 · PRO 3:29 · PRO 10:9 · ISA 14:30 · ISA 32:17 · ISA 47:8 · JER 23:6 · JER 32:37 · JER 33:16 · JER 49:31 · EZK 28:26 · EZK 28:26 · EZK 30:9 · EZK 34:25 · EZK 34:27 · EZK 34:28 · EZK 38:8 · EZK 38:11 · EZK 38:14 · EZK 39:6 · EZK 39:26 · HOS 2:20 · MIC 2:8 · ZEP 2:15 · ZEC 14:11

name

Names of Locations

Betah = town; ◄ in the kingdom of Zobah; ► time of king David

2SA 8:8

Enio R. Mueller

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בֶּ֫טַח n.[m.] security base

Bible Occurrences (41)

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