18 occurrences in 11 translations

'Besiege' in the Bible

And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:

When thou shalt besiege 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 siege:

And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.

So now assemble the rest of the army and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me."

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;

Some time later, King Ben-hadad of Aram brought all his military units together and marched up to besiege Samaria.

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

Then they will be filled with terror—terror like no other—because God will scatterthe bones of those who besiege you.You will put them to shame,for God has rejected them.

A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Then I'll besiege Aruel, and there will be sorrow and mourning; she will become to me like an altar fireplace.

I will camp in a circle around you;I will besiege you with earth ramps,and I will set up my siege towers against you.

Then the hordes of all the nations that fight against Aruel, all that attack her and her fortification and besiege her, will become like a dream, with its visions in the night

Warn the nations: Look!Proclaim to Jerusalem:Those who besiege are comingfrom a distant land;they raise their voicesagainst the cities of Judah.

Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

Take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign for the house of Israel.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
מצוּר מצור 
Matsowr 
Usage: 26

מצור 
Matsowr 
Usage: 5

נצר 
Natsar 
Usage: 63

צוּר 
Tsuwr 
Usage: 38

צרר 
Tsarar 
Usage: 54

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