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Lexicon :: Strong's H4679 - mᵊṣāḏ

Aa
מְצָד
Transliteration
mᵊṣāḏ
Pronunciation
mets-ad'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1885c

Strong’s Definitions

מְצַד mᵉtsad, mets-ad'; or מְצָד mᵉtsâd; or (feminine) מְצָדָה mᵉtsâdâh; from H6679; a fastness (as a covert of ambush):—castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H4679 in the following manner: strong holds (5x), hold (3x), castle (1x), fort, munition (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H4679 in the following manner: strong holds (5x), hold (3x), castle (1x), fort, munition (1x).

  1. fort, stronghold, fastness

    1. mountain-fastness

    2. stronghold

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְצַד mᵉtsad, mets-ad'; or מְצָד mᵉtsâd; or (feminine) מְצָדָה mᵉtsâdâh; from H6679; a fastness (as a covert of ambush):—castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.
STRONGS H4679: Abbreviations
† מְצָד, מְצַד noun feminineJeremiah 48:41 fastness, stronghold (properly hunting-place?); — absolute מְצָד 1 Chronicles 11:7; 1 Chronicles 12:16, מְצַד 1 Chronicles 12:8; plural absolute מְצָדוֺת 1 Samuel 23:14+, construct id. 1 Samuel 23:29 (Gi, 1 Samuel 24:1 van d. H. Baer), Isaiah 33:16; —
1. mounting-fastness Judges 6:2; 1 Samuel 23:14, 19, 29 (see above), Ezekiel 33:27; 1 Chronicles 12:8; 1 Chronicles 12:16; מְצָדוֺת סְלָעִים Isaiah 33:16.
2. more generally, stronghold Jeremiah 48:41; Jeremiah 51:30; Ezekiel 19:9 (Baer Gi; van d. H. מְצֹדוֺת id. [II. מְצוֺדָה] Ew Hi-Sm Da and others; nets [1. מְצוֺדָה] Krae; strike out Co Oort Toy); citadel of Jerusalem 1 Chronicles 11:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

6:2

1 Samuel

23:14; 23:14; 23:19; 23:29; 23:29; 24:1

1 Chronicles

11:7; 11:7; 12:8; 12:8; 12:16; 12:16

Isaiah

33:16; 33:16

Jeremiah

48:41; 48:41; 51:30

Ezekiel

19:9; 33:27

H4679

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4679 matches the Hebrew מְצָד (mᵊṣāḏ),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:2 - The [fn]power H3027 of Midian H4080 prevailed H5810 against H5921 Israel H3478. Because H4480 H6440 of Midian H4080 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 made H6213 for themselves the dens H4492 which H834 were in the mountains H2022 and the caves H4631 and the strongholds H4679.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:14 - David H1732 stayed H3427 in the wilderness H4057 in the strongholds H4679, and remained H3427 in the hill H2022 country H2022 in the wilderness H4057 of Ziph H2128. And Saul H7586 searched H1245 for him every H3605 day H3117, but God H430 did not hand H3027 H5414 him over H5414 to him.

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Then Ziphites H2130 came H5927 up H5927 to Saul H7586 at Gibeah H1390, saying H559, “Is David H1732 not keeping H5641 himself hidden H5641 with us in the strongholds H4679 at Horesh H2793, on the hill H1389 of Hachilah H2444, which H834 is south H3225 of [fn]Jeshimon H3452?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:29 - [fn]And David H1732 went H5927 up H5927 from there H8033 and stayed H3427 in the strongholds H4679 of Engedi H5872.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:7 - Then David H1732 lived H3427 in the stronghold H4679; therefore H5921 H3651 it was called H7121 the city H5892 of David H1732.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 -

From the Gadites H1425 valiant H2428 mighty H1368 men H1368 went H914 over H914 to David H1732 at the stronghold H4679 in the wilderness H4057, men H376 trained H6635 for war H4421 who could handle H6186 a large H6793 shield H6793 and spear H7420, whose faces H6440 were like the faces H6440 of lions H738, and they were as swift H4116 as the gazelles H6643 on the mountains H2022.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:16 -

Then some H4480 of the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 and Judah H3063 came H935 to the stronghold H4679 to David H1732.

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He will dwell H7931 on the heights H4791,

His refuge H4869 will be the [fn]impregnable H4679 rock H5553;

His bread H3899 will be given H5414 him,

His water H4325 will be sure H539.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:41 -

“Kerioth H7152 has been captured H3920

And the strongholds H4679 have been seized H8610,

So the hearts H3820 of the warriors H1368 of Moab H4124 on that day H3117

Will be like the heart H3820 of a woman H802 in labor H6887.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30

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The warriors H1368 of Babylon H894 have ceased H2308 fighting H3898,

They stay H3427 in the strongholds H4679;

Their strength H1369 is [fn]exhausted H5405,

They are becoming H1961 like women H802;

Their homes H4908 are set H3341 on H3341 fire H3341,

The bars H1280 of her gates are broken H7665.

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