Strong's Lexicon

H4013

H4013 — מִבצָּר מִבצָּרָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmibtsarnoun mascOccurrences: 37TWOT: 270g

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4013
Word:מִבצָּר מִבצָּרָה
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H1219
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:37
Transliteration:mibtsar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mib-tsawr' (also (in plural) feminine (Dan. 11) n-m.
Meaning:1. a fortification, castle, or fortified city 2. (figuratively) a defender
KJV Renderings:(de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).

Use Strong's responsibly

Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.

Read: Using Strong's Responsibly

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1275

מִבְצָר noun masculine Isa 17:3 fortificationמִבְצָר Num 32:71 + 18 t.; construct מִבְצַר Josh 19:29 + 2 t.; plural מִבְצָרִים Num 13:19; Dan 11:24 מִבְצָרוֺת Dan 11:15 מִבְצְרֵי Lam 2:2; Dan 11:39 suffix מִבְצָרֶיךָ Hos 10:14 + 2 t.; מִבְצָרַיִךְ Nah 3:12 מִבְצָרָ֑יִךְ Nah 3:14; Jer 48:18 מִבְצָרָיו Ps 89:41; Lam 2:5 מִבְצָרֶיהָ Isa 34:13 מִבְצְרֵיהֶם 2Kgs 8:12 — fortification, especially in phrase ׅ ׳ (המ ׳ עיר (ערי) מ = fortified city Num 32:17; Num 32:36; Josh 10:20; Josh 19:29; Josh 19:35; 1Sam 6:18; 2Kgs 3:19; 2Kgs 10:2; 2Kgs 17:9; 2Kgs 18:8; Jer 4:5; Jer 5:17; Jer 8:14; Jer 34:7; Ps 108:11 ( ׳ עיר מ = עיר מָצוֺר Ps 60:11), 2Chr 17:19; Dan 11:15 ( ׳ מ in this connection singular except Jer 5:17 & Dan 11:15 (מבצרות)); Jer 1:18 figurative of prophet, so without עיר Jer 6:27 fortress, stronghold, literal without עיר etc. Num 13:19; 2Kgs 8:12; Jer 48:18; Isa 17:3; Isa 25:12 (משׁגב חומתיך ׳ מ) Isa 34:13 (|| ארמנת), Lam 2:2; Lam 2:5 (|| id.) Ps 89:41; Hos 10:14; Amos 5:9; Mic 5:10; Nah 3:12; Nah 3:14; Hab 1:10; Dan 11:24; Dan 11:39 followed by proper name צֹד ׳ מ 2Sam 24:7 (compare Josh 19:29 צֹר ׳ עיר מ).


בַּקְבּוק, בַּקְבֻּק see below בקק.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מבצר (miv-tzahr’)

Numbers 13:19

KJV: And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
EHCC: in tents, or in strong holds;

Numbers 82:17

EHCC: sball dwell in the fenced cities

Joshua 10:20

KJV: And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
EHCC: entered into fenced cities.

Joshua 19:29

KJV: And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:Tyre: Heb. Tzor
EHCC: to the strong city Tyre ;

1 Samuel 6:18

KJV: And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite.great…: or, great stone
EHCC: fenced cities, and of country villages,

1 Samuel 254:94

EHCC: 7.came to the strong hold o tyre,

2 Kings 3:19

KJV: And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.mar: Heb. grieve
EHCC: ye shall smite every fenced city,

2 Kings 8:12

KJV: And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
EHCC: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire,

2 Kings 10:2

KJV: Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
EHCC: a fenced city also, and armour ;

2 Kings 17:9

KJV: And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
EHCC: & 18:8. the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Chronicles 17:19

KJV: These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
EHCC: the king pet in the fenced cities

2 Chronicles 103:10

EHCC: ( 11). will bring me into the strong city ?

2 Chronicles 25:12

KJV: And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
EHCC: And the fortress of the high fort

2 Chronicles 34:13

KJV: Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
EHCC: brambles in the fortresses thereof:

Jeremiah 1:18

KJV: For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
EHCC: I have made thee this day a defenced city,

Jeremiah 5:17

KJV: And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
EHCC: impoverish thy fenced cities,

Jeremiah 6:27

KJV: I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
EHCC: 0 fortress among my le,

Jeremiah 8:14

KJV: Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.gall: or, poison
EHCC: let us enter into the defenced cities,

Jeremiah 84:7

EHCC: for these defenced cities remained

Jeremiah 48:18

KJV: Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds.
EHCC: he shall destroy thy strong holds,

Lamentations 2:2

KJV: The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.brought…: Heb. made to touch
EHCC: the strong holds of the daughter of Judah ;

Daniel 11:15

KJV: So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.the most…: Heb. the city of munitionshis…: Heb. the people of his choices
EHCC: take the most fenced cities: (marg. city of

Hosea 10:14

KJV: Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth–arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
EHCC: all fay, Vortresses shall be spoiled,

Amos 5:9

KJV: That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.spoiled: Heb. spoil
EHCC: shall come against the fortress.

Micah 5:11

KJV: And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
EHCC: (10). throw down all hy strong holds:

Nahum 3:22

EHCC: All thy strong holds

Habakkuk 1:10

KJV: And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
EHCC: they deride efery strong hold;
↑ Top