H4692 מָצוֹר
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 22 KJV occurrences
מָצוֹר
mâtsôwr · maw-tsore'
Definition
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
KJV Renderings
besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.
Derivation / Etymology
or מָצוּר; from H6696 (צוּר);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 22)
- Deuteronomy 20:20Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
- Deuteronomy 28:55So 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 siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
- 2 Chronicles 11:5¶ And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
- Psalms 60:9Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
- Jeremiah 52:5So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- Ezekiel 4:3Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 5:2Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
- Habakkuk 2:1I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.