H4693 - מָצוֹר (mâtsôwr)

H4693 מָצוֹר (mâtsôwr) maw-tsore'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

the same as 4692 in the sense of a limit; Egypt (as the border of Palestine)

KJV Usage: besieged places, defense, fortified

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מָצוֹר (ma.tsor) — Egypt. "Matsor", a name for Egypt Another spelling of mits.ra.yim (מִצְרַ֫יִם "Egypt" H4714G) This name means siege, entrenchment

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מָצֹור (H4692 · H4693)

noun m · צור

Unsafe | ≈ מָצֹוק

distress = state of severe sorrow or anguish

DEU 28:53 · DEU 28:55 · DEU 28:57 · PSA 31:22 · JER 19:9

noun m · צור

Arrange

siege = state of being surrounded by a group of people ► for purposes of war

DEU 20:19 · DEU 28:53 · DEU 28:55 · DEU 28:57 · 2KI 24:10 · 2KI 25:2 · 2CH 32:10 · PSA 31:22 · JER 10:17 · JER 19:9 · JER 52:5 · EZK 4:2 · EZK 4:3 · EZK 4:7 · EZK 4:8 · EZK 5:2 · MIC 4:14 · NAM 3:14 · ZEC 12:2

Weapons

siege-works = set of constructions used to conquer a city under siege

DEU 20:20

Fortifications

fortification = construction or set of constructions in the shape of walls, ramparts, and towers; ► erected in order to make a town better defendable against attack or siege

2CH 8:5 · 2CH 11:5 · PSA 31:22 · PSA 60:11 · HAB 2:1 · ZEC 9:3

name

Names of Locations | ≈ מִצְרַיִם

Egypt = another name for Egypt

2KI 19:24 · ISA 19:6 · ISA 37:25 · MIC 7:12 · MIC 7:12

¹ DEU 28:53 · DEU 28:55 · DEU 28:57 · JER 19:9 NJPS | RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT [2a] ² PSA 31:22 RSV NIV NRSV GNT CEV [2a] | NJPS NJB [2c] | REB בער מָצֹור "in sore straits" = [1a]

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מָצוֹר n.pr.terr. = מִצְרַיִם; only poet. base