Mᵉtsad — H4679

Definition

feminine noun

a fastness (as a covert of ambush)

1. fort, stronghold, fastness
1. mountain-fastness
2. stronghold

Usually translated as

hold, castle, fort, munition

Origin

or mᵉtsâd; or (feminine) mᵉtsâdâh; from H6679

• Derived from Tsûwd (H6679)

Greek equivalents

• boḗtheia (G996)
• ochýrōma (G3794)
• periochḗ (G4042)
• stenós (G4728)

Occurrences

Mᵉtsad occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), 1 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (3), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (2)

• Judges 6:2 — And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and (הַמְּצָדֽוֹת) strong holds.
• 1 Samuel 23:14 — And David abode in the wilderness in (בַּמְּצָד֔וֹת) strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
• 1 Samuel 23:19 — Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us (בַמְּצָדוֹת֙) in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
• 1 Samuel 23:29 — And David went up from thence, and dwelt in (בִּמְצָד֥וֹת) strong holds at En-gedi.
• 1 Chronicles 11:7 — And David dwelt in the castle (בַּמְצָ֑ד); therefore they called it the city of David.
• 1 Chronicles 12:8 — And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold (לַמְצַ֨ד) to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
• 1 Chronicles 12:16 — And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold (לַמְצָ֖ד) unto David.
• Isaiah 33:16 — He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions (מְצָד֥וֹת) of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
• Jeremiah 48:41 — Kerioth is taken, and (וְהַמְּצָד֖וֹת) the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
• Jeremiah 51:30 — The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds (בַּמְּצָד֔וֹת): their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
• Ezekiel 19:9 — And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
• Ezekiel 33:27 — Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts (בַּמְּצָד֥וֹת) and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.