41 occurrences

'Fortress' in the Bible

And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites; and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsConspiraciesOfficersPalacesFiftiesKilling KingsKings Of The Northern KingdomList Of Kings Of IsraelReuben Gad And Half Manasseh

And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

Verse ConceptsArchivesScrollsHistorical Books

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the fortress,

Verse ConceptsMonthMonth 9

in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,

And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shushan the fortress, both to great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

Verse ConceptsDinnerSeven Days

and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the young virgins of beautiful countenance to Shushan the fortress, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given.

Verse ConceptsWeak Women

There was in Shushan the fortress a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

And it came to pass when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the fortress, unto the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was brought into the king's house, unto the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was in consternation.

Verse ConceptsConfusion, Examples OfPuzzlement

The couriers mounted on coursers and horses of blood went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the fortress.

Verse ConceptsMules

And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the fortress was brought before the king.

Verse ConceptsGiving Information

And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the fortress, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? And what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

Verse ConceptsTen PeopleFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredNumbers Of Foreigners Killed

For thou art my rock and my fortress; and, for thy name's sake, thou wilt lead me and guide me.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, Receiving God'sFor The Sake Of His NameGuidance And Strength

Jehovah of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our high fortress. Selah.

Verse ConceptsGod With YouI Am GodPsalm Interjections

He only is my rock and my salvation; my high fortress: I shall not be moved.

Verse ConceptsRocksGod Being Our FortressNot MovedGod My SalvationNot Being Alone

Be to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsdefence, divineGod, The RockRefugeRocksGod Being Our RefugeProtection And Safety

My mercy and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I trust, who subdueth my people under me!

Verse ConceptsFortressesGod, The RockShieldsStrongholdsGod Being Our FortressGod My SalvationGod Shows His Lovingkindness

The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsFortsSurvivors FavouredNorthern Kingdom Of Israelsyriadamascus

Howl, ships of Tarshish! for your fortress is laid waste.

Verse ConceptsSeafaringShipsDestruction Of Strongholds

For thou hast been a fortress to the poor, a fortress for the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat: for the blast of the terrible ones has been as the storm against a wall.

Verse ConceptsFortressesAfflicted SaintsThe NeedyExploitationsdefence, divineGod, The ProviderGuardiansNoonPoverty, Remedies ForRefugeesSanctuaryStormsWallsDistressGod Being Our RefugeShadow Of GodshelterThe Storms Of Life

And the fortress of the high defences of thy walls will he bring down, lay low, bring to the ground, into the dust.

Verse ConceptsStrongholdsFortsPutting Things Downdust

I have set thee among my people as an assayer, a fortress, that thou mayest know and try their way.

Verse ConceptsLifestyles

Gather up thy baggage out of the land, O inhabitress of the fortress.

Verse ConceptsAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldBaggageimprovement

Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of distress, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and they shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited falsehood and vanity; and in these things there is no profit.

Verse ConceptsFutilityAfflicted SaintsConversion, examples ofFalse GodsGod, The RockIdolatry, Objections ToUseless ThingsMission, Of IsraelRefugeesGod Being Our RefugeVanityGod Our StrengthThe Gospel To The NationsFamily Strength

And I saw in the vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was in the fortress of Shushan, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.

Verse ConceptsCitadelsRivers And StreamsCanals

But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shew himself mighty.

Verse ConceptsForts

And his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces; and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through; and he shall return and carry the war even to his fortress.

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsReadiness

And forces shall stand on his part, and they shall profane the sanctuary, the fortress, and shall take away the continual sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbolitionAbomination Of DesolationAnimal Sacrifices, Sin OfferingImage Of The Beast

He causeth destruction to break forth suddenly upon the strong, and bringeth destruction upon the fortress.

Verse ConceptsCityGod DestroyingDestruction Of Strongholds

He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thy face: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

Verse ConceptsScattering The PeoplesUsing RoadsPreparing For Action

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
מבצרה מבצר 
Mibtsar 
Usage: 37

מעז מעז מעוּז מעוז 
Ma`owz 
Usage: 36

מצדה מצוּדה מצוּד 
Matsuwd 
Usage: 22

מצוּר מצור 
Matsowr 
Usage: 26

מצור 
Matsowr 
Usage: 5