- Original: בּץ - Transliteration: Bots - Phonetic: botse - Definition: 1. mire - Origin: probably the same as H948 - TWOT entry: 268a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Probably the same as H948 ; mud (as whitish clay): - mire. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • mire, 1 Jeremiah 38:22