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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

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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 in which it is dwelling, whether it is good or bad; and what are the cities in which it is dwelling, whether in camps or in fortresses;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - and we -- we are armed hasting before the sons of Israel till that we have brought them in unto their place; and our infants have dwelt in the cities of defence because of the inhabitants of the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:36 - and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defence, and sheepfolds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:20 - And it cometh to pass, when Joshua and the sons of Israel finish to smite them -- a very great smiting, till they are consumed, and the remnant who have remained of them go in unto the fenced cities,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:29 - and the border hath turned back to Ramah, and unto the fenced city Tyre; and the border hath turned back to Hosah, and its outgoings are at the sea, from the coast to Achzib,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:35 - and the cities of defence are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - and the golden mice -- the number of all the cities of the Philistines -- for the five princes, from the fenced city even unto the hamlet of the villages, even unto the great meadow on which they placed the ark of Jehovah -- are unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-Shemeshite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - and they come in to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, and of the Canaanite, and go out unto the south of Judah, to Beer-Sheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:19 - and ye have smitten every fenced city, and every choice city, and every good tree ye cause to fall, and all fountains of waters ye stop, and every good portion ye mar with stones.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:12 - And Hazael saith, 'Wherefore is my lord weeping?' and he saith, 'Because I have known the evil that thou dost to the sons of Israel -- their fenced places thou dost send into fire, and their young men with sword thou dost slay, and their sucklings thou dost dash to pieces, and their pregnant women thou dost rip up.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - 'And now, at the coming in of this letter unto you, and with you are sons of your lord, and with you are the chariots and the horses, and a fenced city, and the armour,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:9 - and the sons of Israel do covertly things that are not right against Jehovah their God, and build for them high places in all their cities, from a tower of the watchers unto the fenced city,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:8 - he hath smitten the Philistines unto Gaza, and its borders, from a tower of watchers unto the fenced city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:19 - These are those serving the king, apart from those whom the king put in the cities of fortress, in all Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:40 - Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:10 - Who doth bring me in to the fenced city? Who hath led me unto Edom?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:3 - And ceased hath the fortress from Ephraim, And the kingdom from Damascus, And the remnant of Aram are as the honour of the sons of Israel, The affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:12 - And the fortress of the high place of thy walls He hath bowed down -- He hath made low, He hath caused it to come to the earth, -- unto dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - And gone up her palaces have thorns, Nettle and bramble are in her fortresses, And it hath been a habitation of dragons, A court for daughters of an ostrich.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:18 - And I, lo, I have given thee this day for a fenced city, and for an iron pillar, and for brazen walls over all the land, to the kings of Judah, to its heads, to its priests, and to the people of the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:5 - Declare in Judah, and in Jerusalem sound, And say ye, 'Blow a trumpet in the land,' Call ye fully, and say ye: 'Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced city.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:17 - And it hath consumed thy harvest and thy bread, They consume thy sons, and thy daughters, It consumeth thy flock, and thy herd, It consumeth thy vine, and thy fig-tree, It maketh poor thy fenced cities, In which thou art trusting -- by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:27 - A watch-tower I have given thee, Among My people a fortress, And thou knowest, and hast tried their way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:14 - Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:7 - and the forces of the king of Babylon are fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that are left -- against Lachish, and against Azekah, for these have been left among the cities of Judah, cities of fortresses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:18 - Come down from honour, sit in thirst, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, For a spoiler of Moab hath come up to thee, He hath destroyed thy fenced places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - Swallowed up hath the Lord, He hath not pitied any of the pleasant places of Jacob, He hath broken down in His wrath The fortresses of the daughter of Judah, He hath caused to come to the earth, He polluted the kingdom and its princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:5 - The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed His fortresses, And He multiplieth in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:15 - 'And the king of the north cometh in, and poureth out a mount, and hath captured fenced cities; and the arms of the south do not stand, nor the people of his choice, yea, there is no power to stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:24 - Peaceably even into the fertile places of the province He cometh, and he hath done that which his fathers did not, nor his fathers' fathers; prey, and spoil, and substance, to them he scattereth, and against fenced places he deviseth his devices, even for a time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:39 - And he hath dealt in the fortresses of the strongholds with a strange god whom he hath acknowledged; he multiplieth honour, and hath caused them to rule over many, and the ground he apportioneth at a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:14 - And rise doth a tumult among thy people, And all thy fortresses are spoiled, As the spoiling of Shalman of Beth-Arbel, In a day of battle, Mother against sons dashed in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:9 - Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:11 - And I have cut off the cities of thy land, And I have thrown down all thy fortresses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:12 - All thy fortresses are fig-trees with first-fruits, If they are shaken, They have fallen into the mouth of the eater.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Waters of a siege draw for thyself, Strengthen thy fortresses, Enter into mire, and tread on clay, Make strong a brick-kiln.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:10 - And at kings it doth scoff, And princes are a laughter to it, At every fenced place it doth laugh, And it heapeth up dust, and captureth it.
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