Bitstsâh — H1207

Definition

feminine noun

a swamp

1. swamp, marsh

Usually translated as

mire, fen, miry place

Origin

intensive from H1206

• Derived from Bôts (H1206)

Occurrences

Bitstsâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Ezekiel (1)

• Job 8:11 — Can the rush grow up without mire (בִצָּ֑ה)? can the flag grow without water?
• Job 40:21 — He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens (וּבִצָּֽה).
• Ezekiel 47:11 — But the miry places (בִּצֹּאתָ֧יו) thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.