Help QuickNav Adv. Options
BES

BES

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H4692 - māṣôr

Choose a new font size and typeface
מָצוֹר
Transliteration
māṣôr
Pronunciation
maw-tsore'
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - And if thou shouldest besiege [fn]a city many days to prevail against it by war to take it, thou shalt not destroy its trees, by applying an iron tool to them, but thou shalt eat of it, and shalt not cut it down: Is the tree that is in the field a man, to enter [fn]before thee into [fn]the work of the siege?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - But the tree which thou knowest to be not fruit-bearing, this thou shalt destroy and cut down; and thou shalt construct a mound against the city, which makes war against thee, until it be delivered up.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy [fn]body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, all that he has given thee, in thy straitness and thy affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - so as not to give to one of them of the flesh of his children, whom he shall eat, because of his having nothing left him in thy straitness, and in thy affliction, with which thine enemies shall afflict thee in all thy cities.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and her [fn]offspring that comes out between her feet, and the child which she shall bear; for she shall eat them because of the want of all things, secretly in thy straitness, and in thy affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee in thy cities.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:10 - At that time went up Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city [fn]was besieged.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2 - And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Sedekias on the ninth day of the month.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - And he built Bæthoron the upper, and Bæthoron the lower, strong cities,—they had walls, gates, and bars;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:5 - And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and he built walled cities in Judæa.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:10 - Thus says Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, On what do ye trust, that ye will remain in the siege in Jerusalem?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21 - (LXX 30:22) Blessed be the Lord: for he has magnified his mercy in a fortified city.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:9 - (LXX 59:11) Who will lead me into the fortified city? who will guide me as far as Idumea?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:17 - He has gathered thy substance from without that lodged in choice vessels.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:9 - And they shall eat the flesh of their sons, and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat every one the flesh of his neighbour in the blockade, and in the siege wherewith their enemies shall besiege them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:5 - So the city was besieged, until the eleventh year of king Sedekias,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2 - And thou shalt besiege it, and build works against it, and throw up a mound round about it, and pitch camps against it, and set up engines round about.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:3 - And take thou to thyself an iron pan, and thou shalt set it for an iron wall between thee and the city: and thou shalt set thy face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and thou shalt besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7 - So thou shalt set thy face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shalt strengthen thine arm, and shalt prophesy against it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - And, behold, I have prepared bonds for thee, and thou mayest not turn from thy one side to the other, until the days of thy siege shall be accomplished.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - A fourth part thou shalt burn in the fire in the midst of the city, at the fulfilment of the days of the siege: and thou shalt take a fourth part, and burn it up in the midst of it: and a fourth part thou shalt cut with a sword round about it: and a fourth part thou shalt scatter to the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1 - (LXX 4:14) Now shall the daughter of Sion be completely hedged in: he has laid siege against us: they shall smite the tribes of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:12 - And thy cities shall be levelled, and parted among the Assyrians; and thy strong cities shall be parted from Tyre to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

Tools

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.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will stand upon my watch, and mount upon the rock, and watch to see what he will say by me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - And Tyrus built strong-holds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:2 - Behold, I will make Jerusalem as trembling [fn]door-posts to all the nations round about, and in Judea there shall be a siege against Jerusalem.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
BES
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
BES
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan