TBESH · H4679
מְצָד · me.tsad · stronghold
1) fort, stronghold, fastness 1a) mountain-fastness 1b) stronghold
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me.tsad H4679
מְצָד (me.tsad) means “stronghold” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מְצָד Hebrew · H4679 11 tagged occurrences in 11 verses
Pronunciation guide: mets-ad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or מְצָד; or (feminine) מְצָדָה; from H6679 (צוּד); a fastness (as a covert of ambush)
KJV glosses: castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.
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How translators render H4679
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| in the strongholds | 3 |
| and strongholds | 1 |
| and the strongholds | 1 |
| at his stronghold | 1 |
| fortress | 1 |
| in his stronghold | 1 |
| in the fortress | 1 |
| in their strongholds | 1 |
| strongholds | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| in strong holds | 2 |
| and strong holds | 1 |
| and the strong holds | 1 |
| himself with us in strong holds | 1 |
| holds | 1 |
| in the castle | 1 |
| in the forts | 1 |
| into the hold | 1 |
| the munitions | 1 |
| to the hold | 1 |
Verses containing H4679
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- Judges 6:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 23:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 23:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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?
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 23:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.1
- 1 Chronicles 11:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 12:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.9
- 1 Chronicles 12:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 12.17
- Isaiah 33:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:41
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 51:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 33:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
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