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Lexicon :: Strong's H4692 - māṣôr

Aa
מָצוֹר
Transliteration
māṣôr
Pronunciation
maw-tsore'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1898a

Strong’s Definitions

מָצוֹר mâtsôwr, maw-tsore'; or מָצוּר mâtsûwr; from H6696; something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness:—besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H4692 in the following manner: siege (13x), besieged (2x), strong (2x), besieged (with H935) (2x), bulwarks (1x), defence (1x), fenced (1x), fortress (1x), hold (1x), tower (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H4692 in the following manner: siege (13x), besieged (2x), strong (2x), besieged (with H935) (2x), bulwarks (1x), defence (1x), fenced (1x), fortress (1x), hold (1x), tower (1x).

  1. siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works

    1. siege

    2. enclosure, siege-works, rampart

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָצוֹר mâtsôwr, maw-tsore'; or מָצוּר mâtsûwr; from H6696; something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness:—besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.
STRONGS H4692: Abbreviations
† מָצוֺר noun [masculine] siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment; — always מ׳ absolute, except construct מְצוֺר Ezekiel 4:7 suffix מְצוּרֶ֑ךָ Ezekiel 4:8; —
1. siege שָׂם עָלֵינוּ מ׳ Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1] he hath laid siege to us, compare וְנָתַתָּ֫ עָלֶיהָ מ׳ Ezekiel 4:2; בּוֺא בַמּ׳ is come into a state of siege Deuteronomy 20:19; 2 Kings 24:10; 2 Kings 25:2; Jeremiah 52:5, compare וְהָֽיְתָה בַמּ׳ Ezekiel 4:3; יוֺשֶׁבֶת֯י בַּמּ׳ Jeremiah 10:17; מְצוֺר יְרו׳ Ezekiel 4:7 siege of Jerusalem, but also עַליְֿרו׳ מ׳ Zechariah 12:2; יְמֵי מ׳ of duration of siege Ezekiel 4:8; Ezekiel 5:2; מֵי מ׳ Nahum 3:14 water for a siege; in phrase וּבְמָצוֺק בְּמ׳ in the siege and stress Deuteronomy 28:53,55,57; Jeremiah 19:9.
2. enclosure, i.e. siege-works Deuteronomy 20:20; late = ram-part Zechariah 9:3, עִיר מ׳ entrenched city Psalm 31:22 [Psalm 31:21] (al. besieged), Psalm 60:11 [Psalm 60:9] (|| Psalm 108:11 מִבְצָר ע׳), compare 2 Chronicles 8:5; עָרִים לְמ׳ 2 Chronicles 11:5, בִּירוּשָׁלַם ישְׁבִים בְּמ׳ 2 Chronicles 32:10; מ׳ Habakkuk 2:1 according to most (|| מִשְׁמֶרֶת); but We derives from נצר, i.e. watch-tower, Now conjectures מִצְפֶּה (compare וַאֲצַפֶּה following); > Buhl conjectures H4693 מְצָד___ מ׳ proper name, of a territory.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

20:19; 20:20; 28:53; 28:55; 28:57

2 Kings

24:10; 25:2

2 Chronicles

8:5; 11:5; 32:10

Psalms

31:21; 60:9

Jeremiah

10:17; 19:9; 52:5

Ezekiel

4:2; 4:3; 4:7; 4:7; 4:8; 4:8; 5:2

Micah

5:1

Nahum

3:14

Habakkuk

2:1

Zechariah

9:3; 12:2

H4692

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4692 matches the Hebrew מָצוֹר (māṣôr),
which occurs 26 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - If in war a town is shut in by your armies for a long time, do not let its trees be cut down and made waste; for their fruit will be your food; are the trees of the countryside men for you to take up arms against them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - Only those trees which you are certain are not used for food may be cut down and put to destruction: and you are to make walls of attack against the town till it is taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - And your food will be the fruit of your body, the flesh of the sons and daughters which the Lord your God has given you; because of your bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - And will not give to any of them the flesh of his children which will be his food because he has no other; in the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:10 - At that time the armies of Nebuchadnezzar came up to Jerusalem and the town was shut in on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2 - And the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:5 - Now Rehoboam kept in Jerusalem, building walled towns in Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:10 - Sennacherib, king of Assyria, says, In what are you placing your hope, waiting here in the walled town of Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21 - May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:9 - Who will take me into the strong town? who will be my guide into Edom?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:17 - Get your goods together and go out of the land, O you who are shut up in the walled town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:9 - I will make them take the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters for food, they will be making a meal of one another, because of their bitter need and the cruel grip of their haters and those who have made designs against their life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:5 - So the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2 - And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:3 - And take a flat iron plate, and put it for a wall of iron between you and the town: and let your face be turned to it, and it will be shut in and you will make an attack on it. This will be a sign to the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7 - And let your face be turned to where Jerusalem is shut in, with your arm uncovered, and be a prophet against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - And see, I will put bands on you; and you will be stretched out without turning from one side to the other till the days of your attack are ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - You are to have a third part burned with fire inside the town, when the days of the attack are ended; and a third part you are to take and give blows with the sword round about it; and give a third part for the wind to take away, and let loose a sword after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1 - Now you will give yourselves deep wounds for grief; they will put up a wall round us: they will give the judge of Israel a blow on the face with a rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:12 - In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the towns of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Get water for the time when you are shut in, make strong your towns: go into the potter's earth, stamping it down with your feet, make strong the brickworks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will take my position and be on watch, placing myself on my tower, looking out to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my protest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - And Tyre made for herself a strong place, and got together silver like dust and the best gold like the earth of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:2 - See, I will make Jerusalem a cup of shaking fear to all the peoples round about, when Jerusalem is shut in.
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