מְצָד metsad
Hebrew word for “stronghold” · Strong’s H4679 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
1) fort, stronghold, fastness; 1a) mountain-fastness; 1b) stronghold
How it is translated
Glosses given for metsad in context, with how often each is used:
- strongholds 7
- fortress 3
- will be strongholds 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
1 Samuel 23 (3), 1 Chronicles 12 (2), Judges 6 (1), 1 Chronicles 11 (1), Isaiah 33 (1), Jeremiah 48 (1), Jeremiah 51 (1), Ezekiel 33 (1)
Forms
- במצדות 5
- למצד 2
- המצדות 1
- במצד 1
- מצדות 1
- והמצדות 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with metsad more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דָּוִד david “David” 6
- גִּבּוֹר gibbor “mighty man” 3
- מְעָרָה mearah “cave” 2
- יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 4
- הַר har “mountain” 3
- מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 2
- שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 2
- אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 2
- עָלָה alah “to ascend” 2
- מִן־ min “from” 2
Key verses
The verses using metsad that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Judges 6:2 — And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves,…
- 1 Samuel 23:14 — And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him…
- 1 Samuel 23:19 — Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the…
- 1 Samuel 23:29 — And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.
- 1 Chronicles 11:7 — And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
- 1 Chronicles 12:8 — And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle…
- 1 Chronicles 12:16 — And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
- Isaiah 33:16 — He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.
- Jeremiah 48:41 — Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
- Jeremiah 51:30 — The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her…
- Ezekiel 33:27 — Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will…
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.