Mâtsôwr (H4692) — Meaning of the Hebrew word Mâtsôwr in English — Strong's Lexicon

Occurrences

Mâtsôwr occurs 26 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (6), 2 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (3), Psalms (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (5), Micah (1), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1), Zechariah (2)

Deuteronomy 20:19 — When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege (בַּמָּצֽוֹר):
Deuteronomy 20:20 — Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks (מָצ֗וֹר) against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
Deuteronomy 26:5 — And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
Deuteronomy 28:53 — And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege (בְּמָצוֹר֙), and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
Deuteronomy 28:55 — So 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 (בְּמָצוֹר֙), and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
Deuteronomy 28:57 — And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege (בְּמָצוֹר֙) and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
2 Kings 24:10 — At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged (בַּמָּצֽוֹר).
2 Kings 25:2 — And the city was besieged (בַּמָּצ֑וֹר) unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
2 Chronicles 8:5 — Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced (מָצ֔וֹר) cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
2 Chronicles 11:5 — And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for (לְמָצ֖וֹר) defence in Judah.
2 Chronicles 32:10 — Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege (בְּמָצ֖וֹר) in Jerusalem?
Psalms 31:21 — Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong (מָצֽוֹר) city.
Psalms 60:9 — Who will bring me into the strong (מָצ֑וֹר) city? who will lead me into Edom?
Isaiah 19:6 — And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
Jeremiah 19:9 — And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege (בְּמָצוֹר֙) and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
Jeremiah 52:5 — So the city was besieged (בַּמָּצ֑וֹר) unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Ezekiel 4:2 — And lay siege (מָצ֗וֹר) against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
Ezekiel 4:3 — Moreover 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 (בַמָּצוֹר֙), and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 4:7 — Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege (מְצ֤וֹר) of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Ezekiel 4:8 — And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege (מְצוּרֶֽךָ).
Ezekiel 5:2 — Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege (הַמָּצ֑וֹר) 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.
Micah 5:1 — Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege (מָצ֖וֹר) against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
Nahum 3:14 — Draw thee waters for the siege (מָצוֹר֙), fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
Habakkuk 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower (מָצ֑וֹר), and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
Zechariah 9:3 — And Tyrus did build herself (מָצ֖וֹר) a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
Zechariah 12:2 — Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege (בַמָּצ֖וֹר) both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

Mâtsôwr — H4692

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