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Lexicon :: Strong's H4692 - māṣôr

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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 Box Deu 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:19 - If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, you must not chop down its trees, for you may eat fruit from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, and you may use it to build siege works against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - You will then eat your own offspring, the flesh of the sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege by which your enemies will constrict you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - He will withhold from all of them his children's flesh that he is eating (since there is nothing else left), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children (since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:10 - At that time the generals of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:2 - The city remained under siege until King Zedekiah's eleventh year.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:5 - He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:5 - Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:10 - "This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: 'Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:21 - The LORD deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:9 - Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:17 - Gather your belongings together and prepare to leave the land, you people of Jerusalem who are being besieged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:9 - I will reduce the people of this city to desperate straits during the siege imposed on it by their enemies who are seeking to kill them. I will make them so desperate that they will eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters and the flesh of one another."'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:5 - The city remained under siege until Zedekiah's eleventh year.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:2 - Lay siege to it! Build siege works against it. Erect a siege ramp against it! Post soldiers outside it and station battering rams around it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:3 - Then for your part take an iron frying pan and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7 - You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:8 - Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:2 - Burn a third of it in the fire inside the city when the days of your siege are completed. Take a third and slash it with a sword all around the city. Scatter a third to the wind, and I will unleash a sword behind them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:1 - (4:14) But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers! We are besieged! With a scepter they strike Israel's ruler on the side of his face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:12 - In that day people will come to you from Assyria as far as Egypt, from Egypt as far as the Euphrates River, from the seacoasts and the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw yourselves water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:1 - I will stand at my watch post; I will remain stationed on the city wall. I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me and can know how I should answer when he counters my argument.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:2 - "I am about to make Jerusalem a cup that brings dizziness to all the surrounding nations; indeed, Judah will also be included when Jerusalem is besieged.
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