Strong’s definition
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
KJV gloss list in the source
assurance, boldly, (without) care(-less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.
Source pronunciation notation: beh'takh
Derivation recorded by Strong
from H982 (בָּטַח);
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