מָצוֹרmâtsôwr/maw-tsore'/
HebrewH469222 occurrences (KJV)
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
KJV renders it: besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.
Where it appears
- Deut 20:20Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.
- Deut 28:53You will eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies will distress you.
- Deut 28:55so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left to him, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in all your gates.
- Deut 28:57toward her young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of all things, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy will distress you in your gates.
- 2 Chr 8:5Also he built Beth Horon the upper and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
- 2 Chr 11:5Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah.
- 2 Chr 32:10Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, “In whom do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?
- Ps 31:21Praise be to Yahweh, for he has shown me his marvelous loving kindness in a strong city.
- Ps 60:9Who will bring me into the strong city? Who has led me to Edom?
- Jer 10:17Gather up your wares out of the land, you who live under siege.
- Jer 19:9I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them.”’
- Jer 52:5So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- Ezek 4:2Lay siege against it, build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it. Also set camps against it and plant battering rams against it all around.
- Ezek 4:3Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face toward it. It shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
- Ezek 4:7You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.
- Ezek 4:8Behold, I put ropes on you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.
- Ezek 5:2A third part you shall burn in the fire in the middle of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled. You shall take a third part, and strike with the sword around it. A third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
- Mic 5:1Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
- Nah 3:14Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong.
- Hab 2:1I will stand at my watch, and set myself on the ramparts, and will look out to see what he will say to me, and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
- Zech 9:3Tyre built herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver like the dust, and fine gold like the mire of the streets.
- Zech 12:2“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of reeling to all the surrounding peoples, and it will also be on Judah in the siege against Jerusalem.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.