Betsah בֵּיצָה
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| בֵּיצָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | betsah |
| Strong's number | H1000 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | egg |
| Occurrences | 6 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Betsah (Hebrew בֵּיצָה, Strong's H1000) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “egg”. It occurs 6 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
egg
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | eggs (6) |
|---|---|
| BSB | eggs (4), her eggs (1), their eggs (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Betsah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 22:6If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.
Job
- Job 39:14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 10:14And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”
- Isaiah 59:5They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).