H1226 בַּצֹּרֶת

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

בַּצֹּרֶת

batstsôreth · bats-tso'-reth

Definition

restraint (of rain), i.e. drought

KJV Renderings

dearth, drought.

Derivation / Etymology

feminine intensive from H1219 (בָּצַר);

KJV Verses (2)

Jeremiah 14:1The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
Jeremiah 17:8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.