HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1224
בׇּצְרָה
bots.rah — Bozrah
§ Bozrah = "sheepfold" or "fortress" a town in Edom
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Bozrah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1221
בֶּ֫צֶר
be.tser — Bezer
Bezer = "gold ore" or "remote fortress" a city of refuge in Reuben in the downs on the east of the Jordan Also named: bots.rah (בׇּצְרָה "Bozrah" H1224H)
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בׇּצְרָה
bots.rah — enclosure
enclosure, fold, sheepfold (AV-Bozrah)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Enclosure; fortress. (1.) The city of Jobab, one of the early Edomite kings (Gen. 36:33). This place is mentioned by the prophets in later times (Isa. 34:6; Jer. 49:13; Amos 1:12; Micah 2:12). Its modern representative is el-Busseireh. It lies in the mountain district of Petra, 20 miles to the south-east of the Dead Sea. (2.) A Moabite city in the “plain country” (Jer. 48:24), i.e., on the high level down on the east of the Dead Sea. It is probably the modern Buzrah.
Scripture references
Genesis 36:33Isaiah 34:6Jeremiah 49:13Amos 1:12Micah 2:12Jeremiah 48:241 Chronicles 1:44Isaiah 63:1Jeremiah 49:22
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.