Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4692
מָצוֹר
ma.tsor · “siege”
Used 26 times across 10 books
Definition
1) siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works
1a) siege
1b) enclosure, siege-works, rampart
1a) siege
1b) enclosure, siege-works, rampart
Where it appears
Deuteronomy5
2 Kings2
2 Chronicles3
Psalms2
Jeremiah3
Ezekiel5
Micah2
Nahum1
Habakkuk1
Zechariah2
In the text
Deuteronomy 20:19When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:Deuteronomy 20:20Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.Deuteronomy 28:53And 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 straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:Deuteronomy 28:55So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.Deuteronomy 28:57And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.2 Kings 24:10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.2 Kings 25:2And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.2 Chronicles 8:5Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;2 Chronicles 11:5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.2 Chronicles 32:10Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
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