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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 - See what kind of land they live in. Is it good or bad? Do their towns have walls, or are they unprotected like open camps?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - Then we will arm ourselves and lead our fellow Israelites into battle until we have brought them safely to their land. Meanwhile, our families will stay in the fortified towns we build here, so they will be safe from any attacks by the local people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran. These were all fortified towns with pens for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - So Joshua and the Israelite army continued the slaughter and completely crushed the enemy. They totally wiped out the five armies except for a tiny remnant that managed to reach their fortified towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - Then the boundary turned toward Ramah and the fortress of Tyre, where it turned toward Hosah and came to the Mediterranean Sea.[fn] The territory also included Mehebel, Aczib,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:35 - The fortified towns included in this territory were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - The five gold rats represented the five Philistine towns and their surrounding villages, which were controlled by the five rulers. The large rock at Beth-shemesh, where they set the Ark of the LORD, still stands in the field of Joshua as a witness to what happened there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - Then they came to the fortress of Tyre, and all the towns of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went south to Judah[fn] as far as Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - You will conquer the best of their towns, even the fortified ones. You will cut down all their good trees, stop up all their springs, and ruin all their good land with stones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - “What’s the matter, my lord?” Hazael asked him.
Elisha replied, “I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn their fortified cities, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - “The king’s sons are with you, and you have at your disposal chariots, horses, a fortified city, and weapons. As soon as you receive this letter,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - The people of Israel had also secretly done many things that were not pleasing to the LORD their God. They built pagan shrines for themselves in all their towns, from the smallest outpost to the largest walled city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - He also conquered the Philistines as far distant as Gaza and its territory, from their smallest outpost to their largest walled city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:19 - These were the troops stationed in Jerusalem to serve the king, besides those Jehoshaphat stationed in the fortified towns throughout Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 - You have broken down the walls protecting him
and ruined every fort defending him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:10 - Who will bring me into the fortified city?
Who will bring me victory over Edom?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - The fortified towns of Israel[fn] will also be destroyed,
and the royal power of Damascus will end.
All that remains of Syria[fn]
will share the fate of Israel’s departed glory,”
declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - The high walls of Moab will be demolished.
They will be brought down to the ground,
down into the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - Thorns will overrun its palaces;
nettles and thistles will grow in its forts.
The ruins will become a haunt for jackals
and a home for owls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - For see, today I have made you strong
like a fortified city that cannot be captured,
like an iron pillar or a bronze wall.
You will stand against the whole land—
the kings, officials, priests, and people of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5 - “Shout to Judah, and broadcast to Jerusalem!
Tell them to sound the alarm throughout the land:
‘Run for your lives!
Flee to the fortified cities!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17 - They will devour the food of your harvest;
they will devour your sons and daughters.
They will devour your flocks and herds;
they will devour your grapes and figs.
And they will destroy your fortified towns,
which you think are so safe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27 - “Jeremiah, I have made you a tester of metals,[fn]
that you may determine the quality of my people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14 - “Then the people will say,
‘Why should we wait here to die?
Come, let’s go to the fortified towns and die there.
For the LORD our God has decreed our destruction
and has given us a cup of poison to drink
because we sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - At this time the Babylonian army was besieging Jerusalem, Lachish, and Azekah—the only fortified cities of Judah not yet captured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - “Come down from your glory
and sit in the dust, you people of Dibon,
for those who destroy Moab will shatter Dibon, too.
They will tear down all your towers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - Without mercy the Lord has destroyed
every home in Israel.[fn]
In his anger he has broken down
the fortress walls of beautiful Jerusalem.[fn]
He has brought them to the ground,
dishonoring the kingdom and its rulers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - Yes, the Lord has vanquished Israel
like an enemy.
He has destroyed her palaces
and demolished her fortresses.
He has brought unending sorrow and tears
upon beautiful Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - Then the king of the north will come and lay siege to a fortified city and capture it. The best troops of the south will not be able to stand in the face of the onslaught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - Without warning he will enter the richest areas of the land. Then he will distribute among his followers the plunder and wealth of the rich—something his predecessors had never done. He will plot the overthrow of strongholds, but this will last for only a short while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - Claiming this foreign god’s help, he will attack the strongest fortresses. He will honor those who submit to him, appointing them to positions of authority and dividing the land among them as their reward.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14 - Now the terrors of war
will rise among your people.
All your fortifications will fall,
just as when Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel.
Even mothers and children
were dashed to death there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 - With blinding speed and power he destroys the strong,
crushing all their defenses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - I will tear down your walls
and demolish your defenses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All your fortresses will fall.
They will be devoured like the ripe figs
that fall into the mouths
of those who shake the trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Get ready for the siege!
Store up water!
Strengthen the defenses!
Go into the pits to trample clay,
and pack it into molds,
making bricks to repair the walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 - They scoff at kings and princes
and scorn all their fortresses.
They simply pile ramps of earth
against their walls and capture them!
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