H4679

מצדה מצד מצד 

Transliteration

mtsad; mets-ad' or mtsad metsAawd' or (fem.) mtsadah

Pronunciation

metsAawAdaw'

Parts of Speech

n f

Root Word (Etymology)

from 6679

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1885c

KJV Translation Count — 11x

The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: strong holds (5), hold (3), castle (1), fort, munition (1)

Outline of Biblical Usage

1. fort, stronghold, fastness
a. mountain-fastness
b. stronghold

Strong's Definitions

mtsad, mets-ad'; or mtsad, mets-awd'; or (feminine) mtsadah, mets-aw-daw'; from 6679; a fastness (as a covert of ambush): — castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.

Concordance Results Using KJV

And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and H4679 H4679.

KJV

And David abode in the wilderness in H4679 H4679, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

KJV

Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in H4679 H4679 in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

KJV

And David went up from thence, and dwelt in H4679 H4679 at Engedi.

KJV

And David dwelt in the H4679; therefore they called it the city of David.

KJV

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the H4679 to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

KJV

And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the H4679 unto David.

KJV

He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the H4679s of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

KJV

Kerioth is taken, and the H4679 H4679 are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

KJV

The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their H4679: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

KJV