מָצוֹר
ma.tsor
“siege”
Definition
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
or מָצוּר; from H6696 (צוּר);
- siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works 1a) siege 1b) enclosure, siege-works, rampart
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מָצוֹר appears 22 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.
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Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
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