H4013 מִבְצָר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 37 KJV occurrences
מִבְצָר
mibtsâr · mib-tsawr'
Definition
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
KJV Renderings
(de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).
Derivation / Etymology
also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה; from H1219 (בָּצַר);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 37)
- Numbers 13:19And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
- Joshua 19:29And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
- 2 Kings 8:12And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
- 2 Chronicles 17:19These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
- Isaiah 34:13And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
- Jeremiah 8:14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Lamentations 2:5The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
- Amos 5:9That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.