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title: בֶּטַח — security · The Tanakh dictionary
description: בֶּטַח (983), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 42 times: security. BDB 1906: security. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בֶּטַח

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«בֶּטַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **security** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 42 times · **Key:** 983 · **BDB:** בֶּ֫טַח

### Glosses

security (42)

### Meaning (OSHB)

security [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/983/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

security [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/983/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] security—Gn 34:25 + 41 times; הַשְׁקֵט וָבֶטַח Is 32:17 quietness and security = בְּהַשְׁקֵט וּבְבִטְחָה Is 30:15 (but prob. both infs.) elsewhere always adverb;—securely, ישׁב לבטח Lv 25:18, 19; 26:5 Ju 18:7 1 K 5:5 ψ 4:9 Pr 3:29 Is 47:8 Je 32:37; 49:31 Ez 28:26; 34:25, 28; 38:8, 11, 14; 39:6, 26 Zp 2:15 Zc 14:11; ישׁב בטח Dt 12:10 1 S 12:11; שׁכן לבטח Dt 33:12 ψ 16:9 Je 23:6; 33:16; שׁכן בטח Dt 33:28 Pr 1:33; לבטח (היה) Jb 24:23 Ez 34:27; היה בטח Ju 8:11; הלך לבטח Pr 3:23; הלך בטח Pr 10:9; שׁכב לבטח Jb 11:18 Ho 2:20; רבץ לבטח Is 14:30; נחה לבטח ψ 78:53; עבר בטח Mi 2:8; כושׁ בטח Cush (dwelling) securely Ez 30:9 (pregnant construction, del. בטח Co); וַיָּבֹאוּ עַל הָעִיר בֶּטַח and they came upon the city (dwelling) securely Gn 34:25 (J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 41 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בֶּטַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1489/983/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 11:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.18/)

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וּֽ֭בָטַחְתָּ כִּי־יֵ֣שׁ תִּקְוָ֑ה וְ֝חָפַרְתָּ֗ לָבֶ֥טַח תִּשְׁכָּֽב׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.be.secure (dm) there.\[is\] hope and you.will.be.well.protected to security you.will.lie.down

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt look about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety.

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[Proverbs 1:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.33/)

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וְשֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ לִ֭י יִשְׁכָּן־בֶּ֑טַח וְ֝שַׁאֲנַ֗ן מִפַּ֥חַד רָעָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and \[one.who\].listens to me he.will.dwell security and he.will.be.at.ease from dread of.trouble

*JPS 1917:* But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.'

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