H4013 - מִבְצָר (mibtsâr)

H4013 מִבְצָר (mibtsâr) mib-tsawr'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

fortification

Strong's Definition

a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender

Derivation: also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה; from H1219 (בָּצַר);

KJV Usage: (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).

TWOT Reference: 270g

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) fortification, fortress, fortified city, stronghold

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2478 G3794 G4042 G4732

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

fortification, fortress, fortified city, stronghold

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִבְצָרָה / מִבְצָר mibtsâr / mibtsârâh BDB Definition: 1) fortification, fortress, fortified city, stronghold Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1219 Same Word by TWOT Number: 270g Total KJV Occurrences: 49

Bible Occurrences (37)

13:19 32:17 32:36

10:20 19:29 19:35

6:18

24:7

3:19 8:12 10:2 17:9 18:8

17:19

89:40 108:10

17:3 25:12 34:13

1:18 4:5 5:17 6:27 8:14 34:7 48:18

2:2 2:5

11:15 11:24 11:39

10:14

5:9

5:11

3:12 3:14

1:10

Numbers 13:19

Is the land where they live good or bad?... Are the cities where they dwell... open camps or fortifications?

Numbers 32:17

But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites... until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.

Numbers 32:36

Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

Joshua 10:20

So Joshua and the Israelites... continued to inflict a terrible... slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors... retreated to the fortified cities.

Joshua 19:29

The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out... at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

Joshua 19:35

The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,

1 Samuel 6:18

The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number... of Philistine cities [belonging] to the five rulers — the fortified cities and their outlying... villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD [stands] to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.

2 Samuel 24:7

They went toward the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites. Finally, they went on to the Negev of Judah, [to] Beersheba.