What does בַּצֹּרֶת · ὀπίσω mean in the Bible?
בַּצֹּרֶת · ὀπίσω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a severe lack of rain resulting in famine and hardship".
Hebrew · H1226, G3694
דָּבָר
Restraint (of rain), i.e. drought · after
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בַּצֹּרֶת H1226 restraint (of rain), i.e. drought
Pronunciation baṣōret
God's withheld blessing manifested as drought—divine restraint as judgment on covenant unfaithfulness
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ὀπίσω G3694 after
Pronunciation opísō
Spatial: behind or after; temporal: following in sequence; takes genitive as preposition in NT usage.
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What does דָּבָר (davar) mean in the Bible?
בַּצֹּרֶת · ὀπίσω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a severe lack of rain resulting in famine and hardship".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1226, G3694?
H1226, G3694 is connected to 2 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a severe lack of rain resulting in famine and hardship
Strong's H1226, G3694
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Source Gloss
a severe lack of rain resulting in famine and hardship
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דָּבָר is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain