Lexical Definition

‎בׇּצְרָה‎ Botsrâh (bots-raw') Bozrah ^N:N--L
the same as ‎בׇּצְרָה‎

Bozrah.

• § Bozrah = "sheepfold" or "fortress"
• Botsrah, a place in Edom

1) a town in Edom
2) a town in Moab

Extended Information

name of: בֶּצֶר

• Bozrah = "sheepfold" or "fortress"
• a town in Moab
• Another name of be.tser (‎ב‎ֶּ֫‎צ‎ֶ‎ר‎ "Bezer" בֶּצֶר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎בָּצְרָה‎

proper name, of a location 1. city of Edom (fortress; (see Palmyrene proper name, of a location ‎בצרא‎ Vog^{No. 22} ᵐ5 βος(ς)ορρα; compare βοσορ; Lag^{Onom. Sacr. 102, 232, 2nd ed. 137, 247} = βοστρα) Gen 36:33 = 1Chr 1:44; Isa 34:6; Isa 63:1 (in both || ‎(ארץ) אדום‎) Jer 49:13; Jer 49:22; Amos 1:12.

2. of Moab Jer 48:24, probably = II. ‎בֶּצֶר‎ 1; — on Mic 2:12 compare foregoing.

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