Limitless Word
מָצוּדmâtsûwd/maw-tsood'/
HebrewH468622 occurrences (KJV)

a net, or (abstractly) capture; also a fastness

KJV renders it: castle, defense, fort(-ress), (strong) hold, be hunted, net, snare, strong place.

Where it appears

  • 1 Sam 22:4He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
  • 1 Sam 22:5The prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah.” Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
  • 1 Sam 24:22David swore to Saul. Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
  • 2 Sam 5:7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.
  • 2 Sam 5:9David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
  • 2 Sam 5:17When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold.
  • 2 Sam 22:2and he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
  • 2 Sam 23:14David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
  • 1 Chr 11:5The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You will not come in here.” Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. The same is David’s city.
  • 1 Chr 11:16David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was in Bethlehem at that time.
  • Job 19:6know now that God has subverted me, and has surrounded me with his net.
  • Job 39:28On the cliff he dwells, and makes his home, on the point of the cliff, and the stronghold.
  • Ps 18:2Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
  • Ps 31:2Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
  • Ps 31:3For you are my rock and my fortress, therefore for your name’s sake lead me and guide me.
  • Ps 66:11You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.
  • Ps 71:3Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
  • Ps 91:2I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
  • Ps 144:2my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
  • Ezek 12:13I will also spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there.
  • Ezek 13:21I will also tear your kerchiefs, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they will be no more in your hand to be hunted. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.
  • Ezek 17:20I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.