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HebrewH4679Noun (Feminine)

מְצָד

me.tsad

8Occurrences
H4679Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a fastness (as a covert of ambush)

or מְצָד; or (feminine) מְצָדָה; from H6679 (צוּד);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. fort, stronghold, fastness 1a) mountain-fastness 1b) stronghold

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

מְצָד appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
2
Jeremiah
2
1 Chronicles
1
Ezk
1
Isaiah
1
Judges
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:7BSB

So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.

1 Samuel 23:14BSB

And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:19BSB

Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?

Ezk 33:27BSB

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Isaiah 33:16BSB

he will dwell on the heights;the mountain fortress will be his refuge;his food will be providedand his water assured.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.