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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 fortification — מִבְצָר 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

H4013

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19 - “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 they [fn]like open camps H4264 or H518 with fortifications? H4013

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - but we ourselves H587 will be armed H2502 ready H2363 to go before H6440 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - and Beth-nimrah H1039 and Beth-haran H1027 as fortified H4013 cities, H5892 and sheepfolds H1448 for sheep. H6629

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - It came H1961 about when Joshua H3091 and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had finished H3615 [fn]slaying H5221 them with a very H3966 great H1419 slaughter, H4347 until H5704 they were destroyed, H8552 and the survivors H8300 who remained H8277 of them [fn]had entered H935 the fortified H4013 cities, H5892

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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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:35 - The fortified H4013 cities H5892 were Ziddim, H6661 Zer H6863 and Hammath, H2575 Rakkath H7557 and Chinnereth, H3672

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - and the golden H2091 mice, H5909 according to the number H4557 of all H3605 the cities H5892 of the Philistines H6430 belonging to the five H2568 lords, H5633 both H4480 of fortified H4013 cities H5892 and of country H6521 villages. H3724 The large H1419 [fn]stone H68 on which H834 they set 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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - and 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 to the south H5045 of Judah, H3063 to Beersheba. H884

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - ‘Then you shall strike H5221 every H3605 fortified H4013 city H5892 and every H3605 choice H4004 city, H5892 and fell H5307 every H3605 good H2896 tree H6086 and stop H5640 all H3605 springs H4599 of water, H4325 and mar H3510 every H3605 good H2896 piece H2513 of land H2513 with stones.’” H68

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - Hazael H2371 said, H559 “Why H4069 does my lord H113 weep?” H1058 Then he [fn]answered, H559 “Because H3588 I know H3045 the evil H7451 that you will do H6213 to the sons H1121 of Israel: H3478 their strongholds H4013 you will set H7971 on fire, H784 and their young H970 men H970 you will kill H2026 with the sword, H2719 and their little H5768 ones H5768 you will dash H7376 in pieces, H7376 and their women H2030 with child H2030 you will rip H1234 up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - “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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 [fn]did H2644 things H1697 secretly H2644 which H834 were not right H3651 against H5921 the LORD H3068 their God. H430 Moreover, they built H1129 for themselves high H1116 places H1116 in all H3605 their towns, H5892 from watchtower H4026 to fortified H4013 city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He [fn]defeated H5221 the Philistines H6430 as far H5704 as Gaza H5804 and its territory, H1366 from watchtower H4026 to fortified H4013 city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:19 - These H428 are they who served H8334 the king, H4428 apart H905 from those whom H834 the king H4428 put H5414 in the fortified H4013 cities H5892 through all H3605 Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:10 - Who H4310 will bring H2986 me into the besieged H4013 city? H5892
Who H4310 [fn]will lead H5148 me to Edom? H123

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3

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 hosts. H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12

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 cast H5060 to the ground, H776 even H5704 to the dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - Thorns H5518 will come H5927 up in its fortified H4013 towers, H759
Nettles H7057 and thistles H2336 in its fortified H4013 cities; H4013
It will also be a haunt H5116 of jackals H8565
And an abode H2681 of ostriches. H3284

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18

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

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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 yourselves, and let us go H935
Into the fortified H4013 cities.’ H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17

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 with the sword H2719 your fortified H4013 cities H5892 in which H834 you trust. H982

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27 - “I have made H5414 you an assayer H969 and a tester H4013 among My people, H5971
That you may know H3045 and assay H974 their way.” H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14 - Why H5921 H4100 are we sitting H3427 still? H3427
Assemble H622 yourselves, and let us go H935 into the fortified H4013 cities H5892
And let us perish H1826 there, H8033
Because H3588 the LORD H3068 our God H430 has doomed H1826 us
And given H8248 us poisoned H7219 water H4325 to drink, H8248
For we have sinned H2398 against the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - when the army H2428 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 was fighting H3898 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 and against H5921 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - “Come H3381 down H3381 from your glory H3519
And sit H3427 [fn]on the parched H6772 ground, H6772
O daughter H1323 dwelling H3427 in Dibon, H1769
For the destroyer H7703 of Moab H4124 has come H5927 up against you,
He has ruined H7843 your strongholds. H4013

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord H136 has swallowed H1104 up; He has not spared H2550
All H3605 the habitations H4999 of Jacob. H3290
In His wrath H5678 He has thrown H2040 down H2040
The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah; H3063
He has brought H5060 them down H5060 to the ground; H776
He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its princes. H8269

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - The Lord H136 has become H1961 like an enemy. H340
He has swallowed H1104 up Israel; H3478
He has swallowed H1104 up all H3605 its palaces, H759
He has destroyed H7843 its strongholds H4013
And multiplied H7235 in the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063
Mourning H592 and moaning. H592

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - “Then the king H4428 of the North H6828 will come, H935 cast H8210 up a siege 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 be no H369 strength H3581 to make H5975 a stand. H5975

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - “[fn]In a time H7962 of 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 never H3808 did, H6213 nor H3808 his [fn]ancestors; H1 he will distribute H967 plunder, H961 booty H7998 and possessions H7399 among them, and he will devise H2803 his schemes H4284 against H5921 strongholds, H4013 but only for a time. H6256

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - “He will take H6213 action H6213 against the strongest H4581 of fortresses H4581 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 cause them to rule H4910 over the many, H7227 and will parcel H2505 out land H127 for a price. H4242

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14 - Therefore a tumult 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 dashed H7376 in pieces H7376 with their children. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 - It is He who flashes H1082 forth H1082 with destruction H7701 upon the strong, H5794
So that destruction H7701 comes H935 upon the fortress. H4013

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - “I will also cut H3772 off H3772 the cities H5892 of your land H776
And tear H2040 down H2040 all H3605 your fortifications. H4013

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw H7579 for yourself water H4325 for the 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 - “They mock H7046 at kings H4428
And rulers H7336 are a laughing H4890 matter to them.
They laugh H7832 at every H3605 fortress H4013
And heap H6651 up rubble H6083 to capture H3920 it.
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