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Lexicon :: Strong's H4013 - miḇṣār

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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

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19 - And what the land is on which they dwell, whether it is good or bad; and what the cities are wherein these dwell, whether they dwell in walled cities or unwalled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - and we will arm ourselves and go as an advanced guard before the children of Israel, until we shall have brought them into their place; and our possessions shall remain in walled cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - and Namram, and Bætharan, strong cities, and folds for sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - And it came to pass when Joshua and all Israel ceased destroying them utterly with a very great slaughter, that they that escaped took refuge in the strong cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - And the borders shall turn back to Rama, and to the fountain of Masphassat, and the Tyrians; and the borders shall return to Jasiph, and their going forth shall be the sea, and Apoleb, and Echozob,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:35 - And the walled cities of the Tyrians, Tyre, and Omathadaketh, and Kenereth,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - And the golden mice according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines, belonging to the five lords, from the fenced city to the village of the Pherezite, and to the great stone, on which they placed the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that was in the field of Osee the Bæthsamysite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - And they came to Mapsar of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Evite and the Chananite: and they came by the south of Juda to Bersabee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - And ye shall smite every strong city, and ye shall [fn]cut down every good tree, and ye shall stop all wells of water, and spoil every good piece of land with stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt [fn]utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants against the ground, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - Now then, as soon as this letter shall have reached you, whereas there are with you the sons of your master, and with you [fn]chariots and horses, and strong cities, and arms,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - and in those of the children of Israel as many as [fn]secretly practised customs, not as they should have done, against the Lord their God:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He smote the Philistines even to Gaza, and to the border of it, from the tower of the watchmen even to the strong city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:19 - These were the king's servants, besides those whom the king put in the strong cities in all Judea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 - (LXX 88:41) Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast made his strong holds a terror.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:10 - (LXX 107:11) Who will bring me into the fortified city? or who will guide me to Idumea?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - And she shall no longer be a strong place for Ephraim to flee to, and there shall no longer be a kingdom in Damascus, or a remnant of Syrians; for thou art no better than the children of Israel, even than their glory; thus saith the Lord of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - And he shall bring down the height of the refuge of the wall, and it shall come down even to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - And thorns shall spring up in their cities, and in her strong holds: and they shall be habitations of [fn]monsters, and a court for ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - Behold, I have made thee this day as a strong city, and as a brazen wall, strong against all the kings of Juda, and the princes thereof, and the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5 - Declare ye in Juda, and let it be heard in Jerusalem: say ye, Sound the trumpet in the land; cry ye aloud: say ye, Gather yourselves together, and let us enter into the fortified cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17 - and they shall devour your harvest, and your bread; and shall devour your sons, and your daughters; and they shall devour your sheep, and your calves, and devour your vineyards, and your fig-plantations, and your olive yards: and they shall utterly destroy your strong cities, wherein ye trusted, with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27 - I have caused thee to be tried among tried nations, and thou shalt know me when I have tried their way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14 - Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the strong cities, and let us be cast out there: for God has cast us out, and made us drink water of gall, because we have sinned before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - (LXX 41:7) And the host of the king of Babylon warred against Jerusalem, and against the cities of Juda, and against Lachis, and against Azeca: for these strong cities were left among the cities of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - (LXX 31:18) Come down from thy glory, and sit down in a damp place: Dæbon shall be broken, because Moab is destroyed: there has gone up against thee one to ravage thy strong-hold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - Beth. In the day of his wrath the Lord has overwhelmed her as in the sea, and not spared: he has brought down in his fury all the beautiful things of Jacob; he has brought down to the ground the strong-holds of the daughter of Juda: he has profaned her king and her princes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - He. The Lord is become as an enemy: he has overwhelmed Israel as in the sea, he has overwhelmed her palaces: he has destroyed his strong-holds, and has multiplied the afflicted and humbled ones to the daughter of Juda.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - And the king of the north shall come in, and cast up a mound, and take strong cities: and the arms of the king of the south shall withstand, and his chosen ones shall rise up, but there shall be no strength to stand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - And he shall enter with prosperity, and that into fertile districts; and he shall do what his fathers and his fathers' fathers have not done; he shall scatter among them plunder, and spoils, and wealth; and he shall devise plans against Egypt, even for a time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - And he shall do thus in the strong places of refuge with a strange god, and shall increase his glory: and he shall subject many to them, and shall distribute the land in gifts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14 - Therefore shall destruction rise up among thy people, and all thy strong places shall be ruined: as prince Solomon departed out of the house of Jeroboam, in the days of battle they dashed the mother to the ground upon the children,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 - who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - (LXX 5:10) and I will utterly destroy the cities of thy land, and demolish all thy strong-holds:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All thy strong-holds are as fig-trees having watchers: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw thee water for a siege, and well secure thy strong-holds: enter into the clay, and be thou trodden in the chaff, make the fortifications stronger than brick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 - And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it.
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