Bozez — the meaning of the Hebrew name בּוֹצֵץ

בּוֹצֵץ

Bôwtsêts · pronounced bo-tsates' · Strong's H949 · a place

Bozez means shining.

Built from

בּוּץ bûwts (the same as, H948) — probably cotton (of some sort) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from the same as H948; shining; Botsets, a rock near Michmash.

First appearance

1Sam 14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. (KJV)

Every verse that names Bozez

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Samuel

1Sam 14:4

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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