◄ H4692 ►
מצוּר מצור
Transliteration
matsowr; maw-tsore' or matsuwr
Pronunciation
mawAtsoor'
Parts of Speech
n m
Root Word (Etymology)
from 6696
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 1898a
KJV Translation Count — 25x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: siege (13), besieged (2), strong (2), besieged 935 (2), bulwarks (1), defence (1), fenced (1), fortress (1), hold (1), tower (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works
a. siege
b. enclosure, siege-works, rampart
Strong's Definitions
matsowr, maw-tsore'; or matsuwr, maw-tsoor'; from 6696; 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.
Concordance Results Using KJV
When thou shalt beH4692 a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the H4692:
Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build H4692 against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the H4692, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the H4692, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the H4692 and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was H4692.
Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, H4692 cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for H4692 in Judah.
Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the H4692 in Jerusalem?