BDB6968
I. [מָצוֺד] noun masculine in plural, dubious, usually siege-works; — מְצוֺדִים נְּדֹלִים Eccl 9:14, but read מְצוּרִים WklAltor. Forsch. iv. 353, see מָצוֺר 2, p. 849 a.
Strong's Lexicon
H4685
H4685 — מָצוֹד מְצוֹדָה מְצוֹדָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H4685 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מָצוֹד מְצוֹדָה מְצוֹדָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from H6679 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | matsowd |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | maw-tsode' (or (feminine) mtsowdah {mets-o-daw'} or mtsodah {mets-o-daw'}) n-f. |
| Meaning: | 1. a net (for capturing animals or fishes) 2. (by interchange for H4679) a fastness or (beseiging) tower |
| KJV Renderings: | bulwark, hold, munition, net, snare. |
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB6969
II. [מָצוֺד] noun [masculine] hunting implement, specifically net (compare Syriac [untranscribed source text 4455], ᵑ7 מְצַדְתָּא, net); — only figurative: construct מְצוֺד רָעִים Prov 12:12 (but text dubious, see conjecture in Toy); suffix מְצוּדוֺ Job 19:5 (of God as Job's hunter); plural מְצוֺדִים וַחֲרָמִים לִנָּהּ Eccl 7:26 (of woman).
BDB6970
I. מְצוֺדָה noun feminine net; — ׳ מ Eccl 9:12 for fish (in simile); — plural Ezek 19:9 see מְצָד above
BDB6972
II. [מְצוֺדָה] noun feminine fastness, stronghold; — suffix מְצֹדָתָהּ Isa 29:7 (of Ariel); — plural Ezek 19:9 see מְצָד .
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
מצוד (mah-tzohd’)
Proverbs 12:12
- KJV: The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.the net: or, the fortress
- EHCC: The wicked desireth the met (marg. o,
Ecclesiastes 7:26
- KJV: And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.whoso…: Heb. he that is good before God
- EHCC: the woman, whose heart (is) snares and
Ecclesiastes 9:14
- KJV: There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
- EHCC: and built great bulwarks