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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4694 - מְצֻרָה

Transliteration

mᵉtsûwrâh

Phonetics

mets-oo-raw', mets-oo-raw'

Origin

from (H4692)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

1898b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

siege-works, stronghold, rampart
1. siege-works
2. rampart

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4444 ‑ πύργος (poor'‑gos); 5038 ‑ τεῖχος (ti'‑khos);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (8)

2 Chronicles 6

Isaiah 1

Nahum 1

BSB (8)

2 Chronicles 6

Isaiah 1

Nahum 1

CSB (8)

2 Chronicles 6

Isaiah 1

Nahum 1

ESV (8)

2 Chronicles 6

Isaiah 1

Nahum 1

KJV (8)

2 Chronicles 6

Isaiah 1

Nahum 1

LEB (8)

2 Chronicles 6

Isaiah 1

Nahum 1

LSB (8)

2 Chronicles 6

Isaiah 1

Nahum 1

N95 (9)

2 Chronicles 6

Isaiah 2

Nahum 1

NAS (9)

2 Chronicles 6

Isaiah 2

Nahum 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (7)

2 Chronicles 6

Nahum 1

ASV (8)

fortified 2

siege works against thee 1

the fortified 1

the fortress 1

the strongholds 1

unto every fortified 1

with fortified 1

BSB (8)

fortified 1

siege works 1

the fortified 4

the fortress 1

their fortresses 1

CSB (8)

fortifications 1

fortified 3

my siege towers 1

the fortifications 1

the fortified 2

ESV (8)

fortified 5

fortresses 1

forts 1

munition 1

KJV (8)

fenced 5

forts 1

holds 1

munition 1

LEB (8)

fortified 3

siegeworks 1

the fortification 1

the fortifications 1

the fortified 2

LSB (8)

fortification 1

fortifications 1

fortified 5

fortresses 1

N95 (9)

battle 1

fortified 5

fortress 1

fortresses 1

towers 1

NAS (9)

battle 1

fortified 5

fortress 1

fortresses 1

towers 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (7)

fortified 2

the fortified 1

the fortress 1

the strongholds 1

to every fortified 1

with fortified 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1411) r y (תסר TsR) AC: Press CO: Enemy AB: Trouble: A pressing in or on someone or something. (eng: sore; store)

A) r y (תסר TsR) AC: Press CO: Enemy AB: Trouble

N^m ) r y (תסר TsR) - I. Enemy:One who closes in with pressure. II. Strait:A narrow tight place or situation. KJV (105): enemy, adversary, trouble, distress, affliction, foe, narrow, strait, flint, sorrow - Strongs: H6862 (צָר)

N^f1) e r y (תסרה TsRH) - Trouble: KJV (73): trouble, distress, affliction, adversity, anguish, tribulation, adversary - Strongs: H6869 (צָרָה)

f^m) i r y (תסרי TsRY) - Balm: A salve rubbed and pressed into the skin. KJV (6): balm - Strongs: H6875 (צֳרִי)

k^m) r y m (מתסר MTsR) - Strait: A narrow tight place or situation. KJV (3): pains, distress, strait - Strongs: H4712 (מֵצַר)

B) r r y (תסרר TsRR) AC: Press CO: Bundle AB: ?: A pressing in or on someone or something.

V) r r y (תסרר TsRR) - Press: KJV (58): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Pual, Participle) enemy, distress, bind, vex, afflict, besiege, adversary, strait, trouble, bound, pangs - Strongs: H6887 (צָרַר)

c^m) r f r y (תסרור TsRWR) - I. Bundle:Something that is bound up tight. II. Pebble:[Unknown connection to root] KJV (11): bundle, bag, bind, grain, stone - Strongs: H6872 (צְרֹר)

C) r y a (אתסר ATsR) AC: Press CO: Belt AB: ?: Something that is stored by being wrapped up tightly. A belt or waistcloth that is wrapped around the middle tightly.

V) r y a (אתסר ATsR) - I. Belt:To wrap around tightly. [df: rza]II. Store:To store up something in a safe place as if bound up. KJV (21): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel) gird, bind, compass, store, treasure - Strongs: H247 (אָזַר), H686 (אָצַר)

c^m) r f y a (אתסור ATsWR) - Waistband: As bound around the middle. [df: rwza] KJV (14): girdle - Strongs: H232 (אֵזוֹר)

g^m ) r y f a (אותסר AWTsR) - Storehouse: A place where store are bound up. KJV (79): treasure, treasury, storehouse, cellar, armoury - Strongs: H214 (אוֹצָר)

D) r a y (תסאר TsAR) AC: ? CO: Neck AB: ?

g^m ) r a f y (תסואר TsWAR) - Neck: From the soreness of the neck from carrying a load or from stress. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (45): neck - Strongs: H6676 (צַוַּאר), H6677 (צַוָּארָה)

G) r e y (תסהר TsHR) AC: Shine CO: Oil AB: ?: The olives are pressed to extract the glimmering oil.

V) r e y (תסהר TsHR) - Oil: KJV (1): (vf: Hiphil) oil - Strongs: H6671 (צָהַר)

g^f) r e f y (תסוהר TsWHR) - Shining: Something that shines bright. Also noon as the brightest part of the day. From the glistening of olive oil. [df: rhz] KJV (26): brightness, noon, noonday, day, midday, window - Strongs: H2096 (זֹהַר), H6672 (צָהֳרַיִם)

t^m ) r e y i (יתסהר YTsHR) - Oil: KJV (23): oil, anointed - Strongs: H3323 (יִצְהָר)

H) e r y (תסרה TsRH) AC: Crush CO: ? AB: ?

o^m ) e r f y (תסורה TsWRH) - Crushed: [df: hrwz] KJV (1): crushed - Strongs: H2116 (זוּרֶה)

J) r f y (תסור TsWR) AC: Press CO: Flint AB: ?

V) r f y (תסור TsWR) - Press: [df: rwz] KJV (41): (vf: Paal) besiege, siege, distress, bind, adversary, assault, bag, beset, cast, fashion, fortify, inclose, bind, crush, closed, thrust - Strongs: H2115 (זוּר), H6696 (צוּר)

N^m ) r f y (תסור TsWR) - Flint: A very hard rock that when fractured forms a razor sharp edge. Used for knives, spears or arrowheads. KJV (80): rock, strength, sharp, god, beauty, edge, stone, mighty, strong, stone, flint - Strongs: H6697 (צֻר), H6864 (צֹר)

N^f1) e r f y (תסורה TsWRH) - Form: In the sense of being pressed. KJV (4): form - Strongs: H6699 (צוּרָה)

a^m) r f y m (מתסור MTsWR) - I. Wound:What is bound up with dressings. [df: rwzm rzm]II. Besiege:A pressing into a city for conquering it. KJV (28): wound, bound - Strongs: H4205 (מָזֹר), H4692 (מָצוּר)

k^f1) e r f y m (מתסורה MTsWRH) - Rampart: A defensible stronghold to repel an army that presses in. KJV (8): fenced, stronghold, fort, munition - Strongs: H4694 (מְצֻרָה)

L) r y i (יתסר YTsR) AC: Press CO: ? AB: ?: Being pressed in a narrow tight place. The pressing of clay to form something.

V) r y i (יתסר YTsR) - Press: To pressed or squeeze out of shape or into a shape as when pressing clay into a shape. KJV (71): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hophal, Pual) distressed, straitened, straits, vex, narrow, form, potter, fashion, maker, frame, make, former, earthen, purpose - Strongs: H3334 (יָצַר), H3335 (יָצַר)

N^m) r y i (יתסר YTsR) - Thought: The forming of thought in the mind. KJV (9): imagination, frame, mind, work - Strongs: H3336 (יֵצֶר)

d^m) r f y i (יתסור YTsWR) - Form: Something that is formed. KJV (1): members - Strongs: H3338 (יְצֻרִים)

M) r i y (תסיר TsYR) AC: Press CO: ? AB: Pain

V) r i y (תסיר TsYR) - Press: KJV (1): (vf: Hitpael) ambassador - Strongs: H6737 (צִיר)

N^m) r i y (תסיר TsYR) - I. Pain:A pressing pain. II. Idol:As pressed out of clay. III. Hinge:As pressed. The weight of the door rested on the hinge. IV. Messenger:KJV (14): ambassador, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow, idol, hinge - Strongs: H6735 (צִיר), H6736 (צִיר)

Adopted Roots:

A2629 R y p (Press, File)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מְצוּרָה noun feminine siege-works, rampart; — absolute ׳מ Nahum 2:2; 2 Chronicles 14:5; plural מְצוּרוֺת 2 Chronicles 11:11 +, מְצֻרֹת Isaiah 29:3, etc.; —

1 siege-works Isaiah 29:3.

2 rampart ׳נָצוֺר מ Nahum 2:2 guard the rampart / ("" צַמֵּה דֶרֶךְ; We Now derive from נצר, i.e. keep watch !), 2 Chronicles 11:11, עָרֵי מְצוּרָה 2 Chronicles 14:5 fortified cities, so עָרַי (הַ)מְצוּרוֺת v. 2 Chronicles 14:10; 2 Chronicles 14:23; 2 Chronicles 12:4; 21:3.

List of Word Forms

הַמְּצֻר֑וֹת הַמְּצֻר֔וֹת הַמְּצֻר֖וֹת המצרות מְצֻר֖וֹת מְצֻרָ֑ה מְצֻרֹֽת׃ מְצֻרֽוֹת׃ מְצוּרָ֖ה מצורה מצרה מצרות מצרות׃ מצרת׃ ham·mə·ṣu·rō·wṯ hamməṣurōwṯ hammetzuRot mə·ṣu·rāh mə·ṣū·rāh mə·ṣu·rō·wṯ mə·ṣu·rōṯ məṣurāh məṣūrāh məṣurōṯ məṣurōwṯ metzuRah metzuRot