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Lexicon :: Strong's H4685 - māṣôḏ

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מָצוֹד
Transliteration
māṣôḏ
Pronunciation
maw-tsode'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun, masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1885d,1885e

Strong’s Definitions

מָצוֹד mâtsôwd, maw-tsode'; or (feminine) מְצוֹדָה mᵉtsôwdâh; or מצֹדָה mtsôdâh; from H6679; also (by interchange for H4679) a net (for capturing animals or fishes); a fastness or (beseiging) tower:—bulwark, hold, munition, net, snare.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H4685 in the following manner: net (2x), snare (1x), bulwark (1x), munition (1x), hold (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H4685 in the following manner: net (2x), snare (1x), bulwark (1x), munition (1x), hold (1x).
masculine noun

  1. siege-works, bulwark

  2. hunting implement, net

    feminine noun

  3. net

  4. fastness, stronghold

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָצוֹד mâtsôwd, maw-tsode'; or (feminine) מְצוֹדָה mᵉtsôwdâh; or מצֹדָה mtsôdâh; from H6679; also (by interchange for H4679) a net (for capturing animals or fishes); a fastness or (beseiging) tower:—bulwark, hold, munition, net, snare.
STRONGS H4685: Abbreviations
† I. [מָצוֺד] noun masculine in plural, dubious, usually siege-works; — מְצוֺדִים נְּדֹלִים Ecclesiastes 9:14, but read מְצוּרִים WklAltor. Forsch. iv. 353, see H4692 מָצוֺר 2.

II. [מָצוֺד] noun [masculine] hunting implement, specifically net (compare Syriac bdb084409, Targum מְצַדְתָּא, net); — only figurative: construct מְצוֺד רָעִים Proverbs 12:12 (but text dubious, see conjecture in Toy); suffix H4686 מְצוּדוֺ Job 19:6 (of God as Job's hunter); plural מְצוֺדִים וַחֲרָמִים לִנָּהּ Ecclesiastes 7:26 (of woman).

† I. מְצוֺדָה noun feminine net; — מ׳ Ecclesiastes 9:12 for fish (in simile); — plural Ezekiel 19:9 see H4679 מְצָד.

† II. [מְצוֺדָה] noun feminine fastness, stronghold; — suffix מְצֹדָתָהּ Isaiah 29:7 (of Ariel); — plural Ezekiel 19:9 see H4679 מְצָד.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Proverbs

12:12

Ecclesiastes

7:26; 9:12; 9:14

Isaiah

29:7

Ezekiel

19:9; 19:9

H4685

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4685 matches the Hebrew מָצוֹד (māṣôḏ),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 - Whoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers,
but the root of the righteous bears fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 - And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 - For man does not know his time. Like fish that are taken in an evil net, and like birds that are caught in a snare, so the children of man are snared at an evil time, when it suddenly falls upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 - There was a little city with few men in it, and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7 - And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel,
all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her,
shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:9 - With hooks they put him in a cage[fn]
and brought him to the king of Babylon;
they brought him into custody,
that his voice should no more be heard
on the mountains of Israel.
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