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miv.tsar H4013

מִבְצָר (miv.tsar) means “fortification” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מִבְצָר Hebrew · H4013 37 tagged occurrences in 37 verses

Pronunciation guide: mib-tsawr' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4013

מִבְצָר · miv.tsar · fortification

fortification, fortress, fortified city, stronghold

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה; from H1219 (בָּצַר); a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender

KJV glosses: (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).

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How translators render H4013

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
the fortified 7
fortified 4
your fortresses 4
a fortified 2
fortress 2
in the fortified 2
as fortified 1
fortifications 1
her fortresses 1
her strongholds 1
his strongholds 1
like a fortified 1
like ore 1
the fortified cities 1
the fortress 1
the strongest fortresses 1
the stronghold 1
the strongholds 1
to the fortified 1
to their fortresses 1
toward the fortress 1
your strongholds 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
all thy strong holds 2
his strong holds 2
in the fenced 2
into the defenced 2
thy strong holds 2
to the fenced 2
a defenced 1
a fenced 1
a fortress 1
against the fortress 1
against the strong holds 1
and all thy fortresses 1
and the fenced 1
and the fortress 1
and to the strong 1
every fenced 1
every strong hold 1
fenced 1
for these defenced 1
holds 1
in the fortresses 1
into fenced 1
me into the strong 1
of fenced 1
or in strong holds 1
the fortress 1
the most fenced 1
the strong holds 1
their strong holds 1
thy fenced 1
to the strong hold 1

Verses containing H4013

Page 1 of 1. 37 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Numbers 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is the land where they live good or bad? Are the cities where they dwell open camps or fortifications?

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  2. Numbers 32:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.

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  3. Numbers 32:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

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  4. Joshua 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.

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  5. Joshua 19:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

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  6. Joshua 19:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,

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  7. 1 Samuel 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.

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  8. 2 Samuel 24:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beersheba.

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  9. 2 Kings 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”

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  10. 2 Kings 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”

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  11. 2 Kings 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,

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  12. 2 Kings 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities.

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  13. 2 Kings 18:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

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  14. 2 Chronicles 17:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These were the men who served the king, besides those he stationed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

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  15. Psalms 89:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have broken down all his walls; You have reduced his strongholds to rubble.

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    Source alternate reference: 89.41

  16. Psalms 108:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

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    Source alternate reference: 108.11

  17. Isaiah 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

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  18. Isaiah 25:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.

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  19. Isaiah 34:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.

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  20. Jeremiah 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

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  21. Jeremiah 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Announce in Judah, proclaim in Jerusalem, and say: “Blow the ram’s horn throughout the land. Cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble yourselves and let us flee to the fortified cities.’

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  22. Jeremiah 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”

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  23. Jeremiah 6:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways.

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  24. Jeremiah 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

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  25. Jeremiah 34:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah—against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.

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  26. Jeremiah 48:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.

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  27. Lamentations 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.

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  28. Lamentations 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

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  29. Daniel 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.

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  30. Daniel 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.

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  31. Daniel 11:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.

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  32. Hosea 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

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  33. Amos 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.

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  34. Micah 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will remove the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.10

  35. Nahum 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

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  36. Nahum 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

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  37. Habakkuk 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

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