Strong H4692מָצוֹר

Definition

Detailed definition

In the Bible

Strong H4692 appears in 25 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• siege13
• besiege4
• strong2
• bulwark1
• defence1
• fenced1
• fortress1
• hold1
• tower1

First verses

1. Deuteronomy 20:19
   When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
2. Deuteronomy 20:20
   Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
3. Deuteronomy 28:53
   And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
4. Deuteronomy 28:55
   So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
5. Deuteronomy 28:57
   And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
6. 2 Kings 24:10
   At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
7. 2 Kings 25:2
   And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
8. 2 Chronicles 8:5
   Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
9. 2 Chronicles 11:5
   And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
10. 2 Chronicles 32:10
    Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
11. Psalms 31:21
    Blessed be the Lord: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
12. Psalms 60:9
    Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
13. Jeremiah 10:17
    Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
14. Jeremiah 19:9
    And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
15. Jeremiah 52:5
    So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
16. Ezekiel 4:2
    And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
17. Ezekiel 4:3
    Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
18. Ezekiel 4:7
    Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
19. Ezekiel 4:8
    And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
20. Ezekiel 5:2
    Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

Occurrences by book

• Deuteronomy5
• 2 Kings2
• 2 Chronicles3
• Psalms2
• Jeremiah3
• Ezekiel5
• Micah1
• Nahum1
• Habakkuk1
• Zechariah2

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