Strong's Lexicon: H4693 מָצוֹר

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4693
Word:	מָצוֹר
Part of Speech:	Name/l.
Etymology:	the same as H4692 in the sense of a limit
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	matsowr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-tsore'
Meaning:	1. Egypt (as the border of Israel)
KJV Renderings:	besieged places, defense, fortified.

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BDB4786

מָצוֺר proper name [of a territory] = מִצְרַיִם; only in poetry: ׳ יֶאֹרֵי מ Isa 19:6; 2Kgs 19:24 = Isa 37:25 וְעָדֶיךָ יָבוֺא לְמִנִּי וְעַד נָהָר ׳ וּלְמִנִּי מ ׳ אַשּׁוּד וְעָרֵי מ Mic 7:12 ( ᵐ5 misunderstands everywhere).

BDB7013

מָצוֺר noun [masculine] siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment; — always ׳ מ absolute, except construct מְצוֺר Ezek 4:7 suffix מְצוּרֶ֑ךָ Ezek 4:8 —

1. siege שָׂם עָלֵינוּ ׳ מ Mic 4:14 he hath laid siege to us, compare ׳ וְנָתַתָּ֫ עָלֶיהָ מ Ezek 4:2 ׳ בּוֺא בַמּ is come into a state of siege Deut 20:19; 2Kgs 24:10 ; 2Kgs 25:2 ; Jer 52:5 , compare ׳ וְהָֽיְתָה בַמּ Ezek 4:3 ׳ יוֺשֶׁבֶת֯י בַּמּ Jer 10:17 ׳ מְצוֺר יְרו Ezek 4:7 siege of Jerusalem, but also ׳ עַליְֿרו ׳ מ Zech 12:2 ׳ יְמֵי מ of duration of siege Ezek 4:8; Ezek 5:2 ׳ מֵי מ Nah 3:14 water for a siege; in phrase וּבְמָצוֺק ׳ בְּמ in the siege and stress Deut 28:53; Deut 28:55; Deut 28:57; Jer 19:9.

2. enclosure, i.e. siege-works Deut 20:20 late = rampart Zech 9:3, ׳ עִיר מ entrenched city Ps 31:22 (al. besieged), Ps 60:11 (|| Ps 108:11 מִבְצָר ׳ ע), compare 2Chr 8:5 ׳ עָרִים לְמ 2Chr 11:5, בִּירוּשָׁלַם ׳ ישְׁבִים בְּמ 2Chr 32:10 ׳ מ Hab 2:1 according to most (|| מִשְׁמֶרֶת); but We derives from נצר, i.e. watch-tower, Now conjectures מִצְפֶּה (compare וַאֲצַפֶּה following); > Buhl conjectures ֯׃מְצָד ׳ מ proper name [of a territory].

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