מָצוֹר matsor

Hebrew word for “siege” · Strong’s H4692 · used 25 times in 25 verses

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Meaning

1) siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works; 1a) siege; 1b) enclosure, siege-works, rampart

How it is translated

Glosses given for matsor in context, with how often each is used:

• siege 14
• state of siege 5
• fortification 5
• siege works 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 4 (4), Deuteronomy 28 (3), Deuteronomy 20 (2), 2 Kings 24 (1), 2 Kings 25 (1), 2 Chronicles 8 (1), 2 Chronicles 11 (1), 2 Chronicles 32 (1), Psalms 31 (1), Psalms 60 (1)

Forms

• במצור 12
• מצור 10
• למצור 1
• מצורך 1
• המצור 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with matsor more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עִיר ir “city” 11
• מָצוֹק matsoq “distress” 4
• צוּק tsuq “to press” 4
• בָּנָה banah “to build” 5
• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 5
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 4
• אָכַל akhal “to eat” 5
• טִיט tit “mud” 2
• עַד ad “till” 5
• ךָּ ka “you” 4
• עַשְׁתֵּי ashte “eleven” 2
• בָּשָׂר basar “flesh” 3

Key verses

The verses using matsor that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• 2 Kings 24:10 — At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
• 2 Chronicles 11:5 — And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
• 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…
• 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.
• 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…
• 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…
• Micah 5:1 — Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
• Nahum 3:14 — Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
• Habakkuk 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
• Zechariah 9:3 — And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
• Zechariah 12:2 — Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

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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.