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hebrew #4692 - מָצוֹר matsor or matsur (siege enclosure)


Original Word:מָצוֹר
Transliteration: matsor or matsur
Definition:siege enclosure, siege, entrenchment
Part of Speech:Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:(maw-tsore')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

besieged, bulwark, defense, fenced, fortress, siege, strong hold, tower

Or matsuwr {maw-tsoor'}; from tsuwr; 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.

see HEBREW tsuwr


Englishman's Concordance

1) siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works
1a) siege
1b) enclosure, siege-works, rampart
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H6696
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1898a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מָצוֺרnoun [masculine]siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment; — always ׳מ absolute, except construct מְצוֺרEzekiel 4:7 suffix מְצוּרֶ֑ךָEzekiel 4:8; —

1siegeשָׂם עָלֵינוּ׳מMicah 4:14he hath laid siege to us, compare ׳וְנָתַתָּ֫ עָלֶיהָ מEzekiel 4:2; ׳בּוֺא בַמּis come into a state of siegeDeuteronomy 20:19; 2 Kings 24:10; 2 Kings 25:2; Jeremiah 52:5, compare ׳וְהָֽיְתָה בַמּEzekiel 4:3; ׳יוֺשֶׁבֶת֯י בַּמּJeremiah 10:17; ׳מְצוֺר יְרוEzekiel 4:7siege of Jerusalem, but also ׳עַליְֿרו׳מZechariah 12:2; ׳יְמֵי מ of duration of siege Ezekiel 4:8; Ezekiel 5:2; ׳מֵי מNahum 3:14water for a siege; in phrase וּבְמָצוֺק׳בְּמin the siege and stressDeuteronomy 28:53,55,57; Jeremiah 19:9.

2enclosure, i.e. siege-worksDeuteronomy 20:20; late=ram-partZechariah 9:3, ׳עִיר מentrenched cityPsalm 31:22 (al. besieged), Psalm 60:11 ("" Psalm 108:11מִבְצָר׳ע), compare 2 Chronicles 8:5; ׳עָרִים לְמ2Chronicles 11:5, בִּירוּשָׁלַם׳ישְׁבִים בְּמ2Chronicles 32:10; ׳מHabakkuk 2:1 according to most ("" מִשְׁמֶרֶת); but We derives from נצר, i.e. watch-tower, Now conjectures מִצְמֶּה (compare וַאֲצַמֶּה following); > Buhl conjectures ֯׃מְצָד׳מ

proper name, of a territory.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4692. מָצוֹר (matsor or matsur) — 26 Occurrences

Deuteronomy 20:19
HEB:לָבֹ֥א מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃
NAS: a man, that it should be besieged by you?
INT: to employ accept should be besieged

Deuteronomy 20:20
HEB:וְכָרָ֑תָּ וּבָנִ֣יתָ מָצ֗וֹר עַל־ הָעִיר֙
NAS: that you may construct siegeworks against
KJV: and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city
INT: and cut you may construct siegeworks against the city

Deuteronomy 28:53
HEB:יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּמָצוֹר֙ וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: has given you, during the siege and the distress
KJV: hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness,
INT: the LORD your God the siege and the distress which

Deuteronomy 28:55
HEB:ל֖וֹ כֹּ֑ל בְּמָצוֹר֙ וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁ֨ר
NAS: [else] left, during the siege and the distress
KJV: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness,
INT: left all the siege and the distress which

Deuteronomy 28:57
HEB:כֹּ֖ל בַּסָּ֑תֶר בְּמָצוֹר֙ וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁ֨ר
NAS: of anything [else], during the siege and the distress
KJV: of all [things] secretly in the siege and straitness,
INT: of anything secretly the siege and the distress which

2 Kings 24:10
HEB:וַתָּבֹ֥א הָעִ֖יר בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃
NAS: and the city came under siege.
INT: came and the city siege

2 Kings 25:2
HEB:וַתָּבֹ֥א הָעִ֖יר בַּמָּצ֑וֹר עַ֚ד עַשְׁתֵּ֣י
NAS: So the city was under siege until
INT: abide the city siege until eleven

2 Chronicles 8:5
HEB:הַתַּחְתּ֑וֹן עָרֵ֣י מָצ֔וֹר חוֹמ֖וֹת דְּלָתַ֥יִם
NAS: Beth-horon, fortified cities
KJV: the nether, fenced cities,
INT: and lower cities fortified walls gates

2 Chronicles 11:5
HEB:וַיִּ֧בֶן עָרִ֛ים לְמָצ֖וֹר בִּיהוּדָֽה׃
NAS: and built cities for defense in Judah.
KJV: and built cities for defence in Judah.
INT: and built cities defense Judah

2 Chronicles 32:10
HEB:בֹּטְחִ֔ים וְיֹשְׁבִ֥ים בְּמָצ֖וֹר בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
NAS: in Jerusalem under siege?
KJV: that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
INT: trusting you are remaining the siege Jerusalem

Psalm 31:21
HEB:לִ֝֗י בְּעִ֣יר מָצֽוֹר׃
NAS: His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city.
KJV: kindness in a strong city.
INT: his lovingkindness city A besieged

Psalm 60:9
HEB:יֹ֭בִלֵנִי עִ֣יר מָצ֑וֹר מִ֖י נָחַ֣נִי
NAS: will bring me into the besieged city?
KJV: Who will bring me [into] the strong city?
INT: will bring Ai the besieged Who will lead

Jeremiah 10:17
HEB:(יֹשֶׁ֖בֶת ק) בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃ ס
NAS: You who dwell under siege!
KJV: O inhabitant of the fortress.
INT: your bundle abide siege

Jeremiah 19:9
HEB:רֵעֵ֖הוּ יֹאכֵ֑לוּ בְּמָצוֹר֙ וּבְמָצ֔וֹק אֲשֶׁ֨ר
NAS: flesh in the siege and in the distress
KJV: of his friend in the siege and straitness,
INT: another's will eat the siege the distress which

Jeremiah 52:5
HEB:וַתָּבֹ֥א הָעִ֖יר בַּמָּצ֑וֹר עַ֚ד עַשְׁתֵּ֣י
NAS: So the city was under siege until
KJV: the city was besieged unto the eleventh
INT: So the city siege until eleven

Ezekiel 4:2
HEB:וְנָתַתָּ֨ה עָלֶ֜יהָ מָצ֗וֹר וּבָנִ֤יתָ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙
NAS: Then lay siege against it, build
KJV: And lay siege against it, and build
INT: lay against siege build against

Ezekiel 4:3
HEB:אֵלֶ֜יהָ וְהָיְתָ֤ה בַמָּצוֹר֙ וְצַרְתָּ֣ עָלֶ֔יהָ
NAS: toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege
KJV: thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege
INT: toward is under siege siege is a

Ezekiel 4:7
HEB: וְאֶל־ מְצ֤וֹר יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ תָּכִ֣ין
NAS: toward the siege of Jerusalem
KJV: thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem,
INT: toward the siege of Jerusalem shall set

Ezekiel 4:8
HEB:כַּלּוֹתְךָ֖ יְמֵ֥י מְצוּרֶֽךָ׃
NAS: the days of your siege.
KJV: the days of thy siege.
INT: have completed the days of your siege

Ezekiel 5:2
HEB:כִּמְלֹ֖את יְמֵ֣י הַמָּצ֑וֹר וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֣ אֶת־
NAS: when the days of the siege are completed.
KJV: when the days of the siege are fulfilled:
INT: are completed the days of the siege shall take third

Micah 5:1
HEB:בַת־ גְּד֔וּד מָצ֖וֹר שָׂ֣ם עָלֵ֑ינוּ
NAS: They have laid siege against
KJV: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite
INT: daughter of troops siege have laid against

Micah 7:12
HEB:אַשּׁ֖וּר וְעָרֵ֣י מָצ֑וֹר וּלְמִנִּ֤י מָצוֹר֙
INT: Assyria and the cities besieged at of Egypt

Nahum 3:14
HEB: מֵ֤י מָצוֹר֙ שַֽׁאֲבִי־ לָ֔ךְ
NAS: for yourself water for the siege! Strengthen
KJV: thee waters for the siege, fortify
INT: water the siege Draw Strengthen

Habakkuk 2:1
HEB:וְאֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖ה עַל־ מָצ֑וֹר וַאֲצַפֶּ֗ה לִרְאוֹת֙
NAS: And station myself on the rampart; And I will keep watch
KJV: and set me upon the tower, and will watch
INT: and station when the rampart will keep to see

Zechariah 9:3
HEB:וַתִּ֥בֶן צֹ֛ר מָצ֖וֹר לָ֑הּ וַתִּצְבָּר־
NAS: built herself a fortress And piled
KJV: did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up
INT: built Tyre A fortress and piled silver

Zechariah 12:2
HEB:יְהוּדָ֛ה יִֽהְיֶ֥ה בַמָּצ֖וֹר עַל־ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
NAS: around; and when the siege is against
KJV: round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah
INT: Judah become the siege be against Jerusalem

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