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Lexicon :: Strong's H4013 - miḇṣār

Aa
מִבְצָר
Transliteration
miḇṣār
Pronunciation
mib-tsawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

מִבְצָר mibtsâr, mib-tsawr'; also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה mibtsârâh; from H1219; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender:—(de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x

The KJV translates Strong's H4013 in the following manner: hold (13x), fenced (12x), fortress (6x), defenced (4x), strong (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 37x
The KJV translates Strong's H4013 in the following manner: hold (13x), fenced (12x), fortress (6x), defenced (4x), strong (2x).
  1. fortification, fortress, fortified city, stronghold

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִבְצָר mibtsâr, mib-tsawr'; also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה mibtsârâh; from H1219; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender:—(de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).
STRONGS H4013: Abbreviations
מִבְצָר noun masculineIsaiah 17:3 fortificationמִבְצָר Numbers 32:71 + 18 times; construct מִבְצַר Joshua 19:29 + 2 times; plural מִבְצָרִים Numbers 13:19; Daniel 11:24; מִבְצָרוֺת Daniel 11:15; מִבְצְרֵי Lamentations 2:2; Daniel 11:39; suffix מִבְצָרֶיךָ Hosea 10:14 + 2 times; מִבְצָרַיִךְ Nahum 3:12; מִבְצָרָ֑יִךְ Nahum 3:14; Jeremiah 48:18; מִבְצָרָיו Psalm 89:41; Lamentations 2:5; מִבְצָרֶיהָ Isaiah 34:13; מִבְצְרֵיהֶם 2 Kings 8:12; — fortification, especially in phrase ׅ (המ׳ עיר (ערי) מ׳ = fortified city Numbers 32:17, 36; Joshua 10:20; Joshua 19:29, 35; 1 Samuel 6:18; 2 Kings 3:19; 2 Kings 10:2; 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Kings 18:8; Jeremiah 4:5; Jeremiah 5:17; Jeremiah 8:14; Jeremiah 34:7; Psalm 108:11 (עיר מ׳ = עיר מָצוֺר Psalm 60:11), 2 Chronicles 17:19; Daniel 11:15 (מ׳ in this connection singular except Jeremiah 5:17 & Daniel 11:15 (מבצרות)); Jeremiah 1:18 figurative of prophet, so without עיר Jeremiah 6:27; fortress, stronghold, literal without עיר etc. Numbers 13:19; 2 Kings 8:12; Jeremiah 48:18; Isaiah 17:3; Isaiah 25:12 (משׁגב חומתיך מ׳) Isaiah 34:13 (|| ארמנת), Lamentations 2:2, 5 (|| id.) Psalm 89:41; Hosea 10:14; Amos 5:9; Micah 5:10; Nahum 3:12, 14; Habakkuk 1:10; Daniel 11:24, 39; followed by proper name צֹד מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:7 (compare Joshua 19:29 צֹר עיר מ׳).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

13:19; 13:19; 32:17; 32:36

Joshua

10:20; 19:29; 19:29; 19:29; 19:35

1 Samuel

6:18

2 Samuel

24:7

2 Kings

3:19; 8:12; 8:12; 10:2; 17:9; 18:8

2 Chronicles

17:19

Psalms

60:11; 89:41; 89:41; 108:11

Isaiah

17:3; 17:3; 25:12; 34:13; 34:13

Jeremiah

1:18; 4:5; 5:17; 5:17; 6:27; 8:14; 34:7; 48:18; 48:18

Lamentations

2:2; 2:2; 2:5; 2:5

Daniel

11:15; 11:15; 11:15; 11:24; 11:24; 11:39; 11:39

Hosea

10:14; 10:14

Amos

5:9

Micah

5:10

Nahum

3:12; 3:12; 3:14; 3:14

Habakkuk

1:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4013 matches the Hebrew מִבְצָר (miḇṣār),
which occurs 37 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19 - “And how H4100 is the land H776 in which H834 they live H3427, is it good H2896 or H518 bad H7451? And how H4100 are the cities H5892 in which H834 H1992 they live H3427, are the people in open camps H4264 or H518 in fortifications H4013?
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - but we ourselves H587 will be armed H2502, hurrying H2363 ahead H6440 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, until H5704 H834 H518 we have brought H935 them to their place H4725, while our little H2945 ones H2945 live H3427 in the fortified H4013 cities H5892 because H4480 H6440 of the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - Beth-nimrah H1039, and Beth-haran H1027 as fortified H4013 cities H5892, and sheepfolds H1448 for sheep H6629.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - It came H1961 about H1961 when Joshua H3091 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had finished H3615 striking H5221 them down H5221 in a very H3966 great H1419 defeat H4347, until H5704 they were destroyed H8552, and the survivors H8300 of them who escaped H8277 [fn]had entered H935 the fortified H4013 cities H5892,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - The border H1366 turned H7725 to Ramah H7414 and to the fortified H4013 city H5892 of Tyre H6865; then the border H1366 turned H7725 to Hosah H2621, and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at the sea H3220 by the region H2256 of Achzib H392.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:35 - The fortified H4013 cities H5892 were Ziddim H6661, Zer H6863, Hammath H2575, Rakkath H7557, and Chinnereth H3672,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - and the gold H2091 mice H5909, corresponding to the number H4557 of all H3605 the cities H5892 of the Philistines H6430 belonging to the five H2568 governors H5633, both H4480 of fortified H4013 cities H5892 and of country H6521 villages H3724. The large H1419 [fn]stone H68 on which H834 they placed H5117 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 is a witness to this H2088 day H3117 in the field H7704 of Joshua H3091 the Beth-shemite H1030.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - then they came H935 to the fortress H4013 of Tyre H6865 and to all H3605 the cities H5892 of the Hivites H2340 and of the Canaanites H3669, and they went H3318 out H3318 to the south H5045 of Judah H3063, to Beersheba H884.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - ‘Then you shall strike H5221 every H3605 fortified H4013 city H5892 and every H3605 choice H4004 city H5892, and [fn]cut H5307 down H5307 every H3605 good H2896 tree H6086 and stop H5640 up H5640 all H3605 the springs H4599 of water H4325, and spoil H3510 every H3605 good H2896 plot H2513 of H2513 land H2513 with stones H68.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael H2371 said H559, “Why H4069 is my lord H113 weeping H1058?” And he [fn]answered H559, “Because H3588 I know H3045 the evil H7451 that you will do H6213 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478: you will set H7971 their fortified H4013 cities H4013 on fire H784, you will kill H2026 their young H970 men H970 with the sword H2719, their little H5768 ones H5768 you will smash H7376 to H7376 pieces H7376, and you will rip H1234 up H1234 their pregnant H2030 women H2030.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - “And now H6258, when this H2088 letter H5612 comes H935 to you, since your master’s H113 sons H1121 are with you, [fn]as well as the chariots H7393 and horses H5483, and a fortified H4013 city H5892 and the weapons H5402,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]did H2644 things H1697 secretly H2644 against H5921 the LORD H3068 their God H430 which H834 were not right H3651. Moreover, they built H1129 for themselves high H1116 places H1116 in all H3605 their towns H5892, from watchtower H4026 to fortified H4013 city H5892.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He [fn]defeated H5221 the Philistines H6430 as far H5704 as Gaza H5804 and its territory H1366, from watchtower H5341 H4026 to fortified H4013 city H5892.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:19 - These H428 are the ones who served H8334 the king H4428, apart H905 from those whom H834 the king H4428 put H5414 in the fortified H4013 cities H5892 throughout H3605 Judah H3063.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 -

You have broken H6555 down H6555 all H3605 his walls H1448;

You have brought H7760 his strongholds H4013 to ruin H4288.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:10 -

Who H4310 will bring H2986 me into the fortified H4013 city H5892?

Who H4310 [fn]will lead H5148 me to Edom H123?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 -

“The [fn]fortified H4013 city H4013 will disappear H7673 from Ephraim H669,

And [fn]sovereignty H4467 from Damascus H1834

And the remnant H7605 of Aram H758;

They will be like the glory H3519 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478,”

Declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 -

The unassailable H4869 fortifications H4013 of your walls H2346 He will bring H7817 down H7817,

Lay H8213 low H8213, and throw H5060 to the ground H776, to the dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 -

Thorns H5518 will come H5927 up H5927 in its fortified H4013 towers H759,

Weeds H7057 and thistles H2336 in its fortified H4013 cities H4013;

It will also be a haunt H5116 of jackals H8565

And a habitat H2691 of ostriches H3284.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - “Now behold H2009, I have made H5414 you today H3117 like a fortified H4013 city H5892 and like a pillar H5982 of iron H1270 and walls H2346 of bronze H5178 against H5921 the whole H3605 land H776, to the kings H4428 of Judah H3063, to its leaders H8269, to its priests H3548, and to the people H5971 of the land H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5 -

Declare H5046 in Judah H3063 and proclaim H8085 in Jerusalem H3389, and say H559,

“Blow H8628 the trumpet H7782 in the land H776;

Cry H7121 aloud H4390 and say H559,

‘Assemble H622, and let’s go H935

Into the fortified H4013 cities H5892.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17 -

“They will devour H398 your harvest H7105 and your food H3899;

They will devour H398 your sons H1121 and your daughters H1323;

They will devour H398 your flocks H6629 and your herds H1241;

They will devour H398 your vines H1612 and your fig H8384 trees H8384;

They will demolish H7567 your fortified H4013 cities H5892, in which H834 you trust H982, with the sword H2719.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27 -

“I have made H5414 you an assayer H969 and an examiner H1219 among My people H5971,

So that you may know H3045 and put H974 their way H1870 to H974 the H974 test H974.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14 -

Why H5921 H4100 are we sitting H3427 still?

Assemble H622 yourselves, and let’s go H935 into the fortified H4013 cities H5892

And perish H1826 there H8033,

For the LORD H3068 our God H430 has doomed H1826 us

And given H8248 us poisoned H7219 water H4325 to H8248 drink H8248,

Because H3588 we have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - when the army H2428 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 was fighting H3898 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 and all H3605 the remaining H3498 cities H5892 of Judah H3063, that is, Lachish H3923 and Azekah H5825, for they alone remained H7604 as fortified H4013 cities H5892 among the cities H5892 of Judah H3063.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 -

“Come H3381 down H3381 from your glory H3519

And sit H3427 on the parched H6772 ground H6772,

O daughter H1323 living H3427 in Dibon H1769,

For the destroyer H7703 of Moab H4124 has come H5927 up H5927 against you,

He has ruined H7843 your strongholds H4013.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 -

The Lord H136 has [fn]destroyed H1104; He has not spared H2550

All H3605 the settlements H4999 of Jacob H3290.

In His wrath H5678 He has overthrown H2040

The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063,

He has hurled H5060 them down H5060 to the ground H776;

He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its leaders H8269.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 -

The Lord H136 has become H1961 like an enemy H340.

He has engulfed H1104 Israel H3478;

He has engulfed H1104 all H3605 its palaces H759,

He has destroyed H7843 its strongholds H4013

And caused H7235 great H7235 mourning H8386 and grieving H592 in the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - “Then the king H4428 of the North H6828 will come H935, pile H8210 up H8210 an assault H5550 ramp H5550, and capture H3920 a well-fortified H4013 city H5892; and the forces H2220 of the South H5045 will not stand H5975 their ground, not even [fn]their choicest H4005 troops H5971, for there H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 strength H3581 to make H5975 a H5975 stand H5975.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - [fn]In a time H7962 of H7962 tranquility H7962 he will enter H935 the richest H4924 parts of the [fn]realm H4082, and he will accomplish H6213 what H834 his fathers H1 did not, nor H3808 his [fn]ancestors H1; he will distribute H967 plunder H961, spoils H7998, and possessions H7399 among them, and he will devise H2803 his schemes H4284 against H5921 strongholds H4013, but only for a time H6256.
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “And he will take H6213 action H6213 against the strongest H4581 of fortresses H4013 with the help of a foreign H5236 god H433; he will give H7235 great H7235 honor H3519 to [fn]those who H834 acknowledge H5234 him and will make them rulers H4910 over the many H7227, and will parcel H2505 out H2505 land H127 for a price H4242.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14 -

An uproar H7588 will arise H6965 among your people H5971,

And all H3605 your fortresses H4013 will be destroyed H7703,

As Shalman H8020 destroyed H7701 Beth-arbel H1009 on the day H3117 of battle H4421,

When mothers H517 were [fn]slaughtered H7376 with their children H1121.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 -

It is He who makes H1082 destruction H7701 flash H1082 upon the strong H5794,

So that destruction H7701 comes H935 upon the fortress H4013.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 -

“I will also eliminate H3772 the cities H5892 of your land H776,

And tear H2040 down H2040 all H3605 your fortifications H4013.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 -

All H3605 your fortifications H4013 are fig H8384 trees H8384 with [fn]ripe H1061 fruit H1061

When H518 shaken H5128, they fall H5307 into the eater’s H398 mouth H6310.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 -

Draw H7579 for yourself water H4325 for a siege H4692!

Strengthen H2388 your fortifications H4013!

Go H935 into the clay H2916 and tread H7429 the mortar H2563!

Take H2388 hold H2388 of the brick H4404 mold H4404!

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 -

“They make H7046 fun H7046 of kings H4428,

And dignitaries H7336 are an object of laughter H4890 to them.

They laugh H7832 at every H3605 fortress H4013,

Then heap H6651 up H6651 dirt H6083 and [fn]capture H3920 it.

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