1207. bitstsah

Lexicon

bitstsah: Gain, profit, plunder, unjust gain

Original Word: בִּצָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: bitstsah
Pronunciation: bits-tsah'
Phonetic Spelling: (bits-tsaw')
Definition: Gain, profit, plunder, unjust gain
Meaning: a swamp

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

swamp, mire

Intensive from bots; a swamp -- fen, mire(-ry place).

see HEBREW bots

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from the same as bots
Definition
a swamp
NASB Translation
marsh (2), swamps and marshes (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בִּצָּה noun feminine swamp, Job 8:11 as place where rushes grow, compare Job 40:21; בִּצּאֹתָ֯ו (Co ובצותיו) plural suffix Ezekiel 47:11 ("" וּגְבָאָיו).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to be marshy.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for the Hebrew בִּצָּה in the Strong's Greek lexicon. However, similar concepts of marshy or swampy areas might be described using different Greek terms depending on the context in the Septuagint or New Testament writings.

Usage: The term בִּצָּה is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe a marshy or swampy area, typically characterized by wet, muddy, and often stagnant conditions.

Context: The Hebrew word בִּצָּה (bitsah) appears in the context of describing geographical features that are marshy or swamp-like. These areas are typically low-lying and waterlogged, often found near bodies of water such as rivers or lakes. In the ancient Near East, swamps were significant for their unique ecosystems and the challenges they posed for agriculture and settlement. The term is used in the Bible to convey the idea of a place that is difficult to traverse and inhospitable for habitation. Swamps could also serve as natural barriers or boundaries in the landscape.

In the Berean Standard Bible, the term is used in passages that describe the transformation of the land, often in prophetic or poetic contexts. For example, in Isaiah 14:23, the desolation of Babylon is depicted with the imagery of a swamp: "I will make her a place for owls and swampland; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of Hosts. This usage underscores the symbolic representation of chaos and desolation associated with swamps in biblical literature.

Forms and Transliterations

בִצָּ֑ה בִּצֹּאתָ֧יו בצאתיו בצה וּבִצָּֽה׃ ובצה׃ ḇiṣ·ṣāh biṣ·ṣō·ṯāw ḇiṣṣāh biṣṣōṯāw bitztzoTav ū·ḇiṣ·ṣāh ūḇiṣṣāh uvitzTzah vitzTzah

Englishman's Concordance

Job 8:11
HEB: גֹּ֭מֶא בְּלֹ֣א בִצָּ֑ה יִשְׂגֶּה־ אָ֥חוּ
NAS: up without a marsh? Can the rushes
KJV: grow up without mire? can
INT: the papyrus without swamp grow the flag

Job 40:21
HEB: בְּסֵ֖תֶר קָנֶ֣ה וּבִצָּֽה׃
NAS: of the reeds and the marsh.
KJV: in the covert of the reed, and fens.
INT: the covert of the reeds and the marsh

Ezekiel 47:11
HEB: [בִּצֹּאתֹו כ] (בִּצֹּאתָ֧יו ק) וּגְבָאָ֛יו
NAS: But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh;
KJV: But the miry places thereof and the marishes
INT: swamp and the marishes will not

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 1207
3 Occurrences

biṣ·ṣō·ṯāw — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇiṣ·ṣāh — 1 Occ.
ḇiṣ·ṣāh — 1 Occ.