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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:12 -

The wicked desire what evil people have caught,[fn]

but the root of the righteous is productive.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:26 -

And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap: her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:12 -

For certainly no one knows his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:14 -

There was a small city with few men in it. A great king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege works against it.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7 -

All the many nations

going out to battle against Ariel —

all the attackers, the siege works against her,

and those who oppress her —

will then be like a dream, a vision in the night.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:9 -

“They put a wooden yoke on him[fn] with hooks

and led him away to the king of Babylon.

They brought him into the fortresses

so his roar could no longer be heard

on the mountains of Israel.

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