TBESH · H4692
מָצוֹר · ma.tsor · siege
1) siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works 1a) siege 1b) enclosure, siege-works, rampart
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ma.tsor H4692
מָצוֹר (ma.tsor) means “siege” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
מָצוֹר Hebrew · H4692 25 tagged occurrences in 25 verses
Pronunciation guide: maw-tsore' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or מָצוּר; from H6696 (צוּר); something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
KJV glosses: besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.
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How translators render H4692
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 |
|---|---|
| under siege | 7 |
| in the siege | 4 |
| a fortress | 1 |
| as fortified | 1 |
| besieged | 1 |
| for a siege | 1 |
| for defense | 1 |
| for the siege | 1 |
| of the siege | 1 |
| of your siege | 1 |
| siege | 1 |
| siege works | 1 |
| that you should besiege them | 1 |
| the ramparts | 1 |
| the siege | 1 |
| to the fortified | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| in the siege | 4 |
| was besieged | 3 |
| siege | 2 |
| against it and it shall be besieged | 1 |
| bulwarks | 1 |
| fenced | 1 |
| for defence | 1 |
| for the siege | 1 |
| herself a strong hold | 1 |
| him in the siege | 1 |
| in a strong | 1 |
| me upon the tower | 1 |
| of the fortress | 1 |
| of the siege | 1 |
| of thy siege | 1 |
| the strong | 1 |
| thee in the siege | 1 |
| toward the siege | 1 |
| when they shall be in the siege | 1 |
Verses containing H4692
Page 1 of 1. 25 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Deuteronomy 20:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 20:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 28:53
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 28:55
· BSB · 1 occurrence
refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 28:57
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 24:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 25:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 8:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 11:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 32:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?
Read word by word - Psalms 31:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 31.22
- Psalms 60:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 60.11
- Jeremiah 10:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 19:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
Read word by word - Jeremiah 52:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 4:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 4:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 4:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 4:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 5:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
Read word by word - Micah 5:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 4.14
- 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!
Read word by word - Habakkuk 2:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.
Read word by word - Zechariah 9:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
Read word by word - Zechariah 12:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.
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