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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 Box Num 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:19 - and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Yisra'el, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - and Beit-Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - It happened, when Yehoshua and the children of Yisra'el had made an end of killing them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - and the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tzor; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out of it were at the sea by the region of Akhziv;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:35 - The fortified cities were Tziddim, Tzer, and Hammat, Rakkat, and Kinneret,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Pelishtim belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD, which stone remains to this day in the field of Yehoshua the Beth-shemite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - and came to the stronghold of Tzor, and to all the cities of the Hivvi, and of the Kana`anim; and they went out to the south of Yehudah, at Be'er-Sheva.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - You shall strike every fortified city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - Haza'el said, Why weeps my lord? He answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Yisra'el: their strongholds will you set on fire, and their young men will you kill with the sword, and will dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - Now as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - The children of Yisra'el did secretly things that were not right against the LORD their God: and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He struck the Pelishtim to `Aza and the borders of it, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:19 - These were those who waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities throughout all Yehudah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 - You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:10 - Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who has led me to Edom?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - The fortress shall cease from Efrayim, and the kingdom from Dammesek, and the remnant of Aram; they shall be as the glory of the children of Yisra'el, says the LORD of Hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - The high fortress of your walls has he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - Thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses of it; and it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - For, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Yehudah, against the princes of it, against the Kohanim of it, and against the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5 - Declare you in Yehudah, and publish in Yerushalayim; and say, Blow you the shofar in the land: cry aloud and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17 - They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; they shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27 - I have made you a tester of metals and a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14 - Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - when the king of Bavel's army was fighting against Yerushalayim, and against all the cities of Yehudah that were left, against Lakhish and against `Azeka; for these alone remained of the cities of Yehudah as fortified cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - You daughter who dwells in Divon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the destroyer of Mo'av is come up against you, he has destroyed your strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord has swallowed up all the habitations of Ya`akov, and has not pitied: He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Yehudah; He has brought them down to the ground; he has profaned the kingdom and the princes of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - The Lord is become as an enemy, he has swallowed up Yisra'el; He has swallowed up all her palaces, he has destroyed his strongholds; He has multiplied in the daughter of Yehudah mourning and lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not stand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - In time of security shall he come even on the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance: yes, he shall devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - He shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god: whoever acknowledges him he will increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14 - Therefore a battle roar will arise among your people, And all your fortresses will be destroyed, As Shalman destroyed Beit-Arbel in the day of battle. The mother was dashed in pieces with her children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 - Who brings sudden destruction on the strong, So that destruction comes on the fortress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - I will cut off the cities of your land, And will tear down all your strongholds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All your fortresses will be like fig trees with the first-ripe figs: if they are shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 - Yes, he scoffs at kings, and princes are a derision to him. He laughs at every stronghold, for he builds up an earthen ramp, and takes it.
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