Word Study · Strong's H1226 · Hebrew
בַּצֹּרֶת
batstsoreth
bats-tso'-reth
Strong's 1890 spelling: batstsôreth
“restraint (of rain), i.e. drought”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
restraint (of rain), i.e. drought
Rendered in the KJV as
dearth, drought.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- בַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙1
- הַבַּצָּרֽוֹת׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- drought1
- the droughts1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1
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- HNcfsa · 1
- HTd/Ncfpa · 1
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Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 14:1הַבַּצָּרֽוֹת׃habatzarotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluralThis is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:here: the droughts
- Jeremiah 17:8בַּצֹּ֙רֶת֙batzoretnoun · feminine singularHe 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.here: drought