King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1224
Transliteration: Botsrah
Phonetic Spelling: (bots-raw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "fortress", a city in Edom, also one in Moab
Meaning: Bozrah -- "fortress", a city in Edom, also one in Moab
Word Summary
Botsrah: "fortress", a city in Edom, also one in Moab
Original Word: בָּצְרָהTransliteration: Botsrah
Phonetic Spelling: (bots-raw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "fortress", a city in Edom, also one in Moab
Meaning: Bozrah -- "fortress", a city in Edom, also one in Moab
Strong's Concordance
Bozrah The same as botsrah; Botsrah, a place in Edom -- Bozrah.
see HEBREW botsrah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1224. Botsrah
II. בָּצְרָה proper name, of a location 1. city of Edom (fortress; (see Palmyrene proper name, of a location בצרא VogNo. 22 ᵐ5 βος(ς)ορρα; compare βοσορ; LagOnom. Sacr. 102, 232, 2nd ed. 137, 247 = βοστρα) Genesis 36:33 = 1 Chronicles 1:44; Isaiah 34:6; 63:1 (in both "" אדום (ארץ)) Jeremiah 49:13, 22; Amos 1:12.
2 of Moab Jeremiah 48:24, probably = II.בֶּצֶר 1; — on Micah 2:12 compare foregoing.