Strong's Concordance H4679

Original Word: מְצַד
Transliteration: mᵉtsad
Phonetic Spelling: mets-ad'
or מְצָד; or (feminine) מְצָדָה; from H6679; a fastness (as a covert of ambush); castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.

Usages throughout the bible

Judges 6:2 - And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. H4679

1 Samuel 23:14 - And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, H4679 and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.

1 Samuel 23:19 - Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds H4679 in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?

1 Samuel 23:29 - And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds H4679 at Engedi.

1 Chronicles 11:7 - And David dwelt in the castle; H4679 therefore they called it the city of David.

1 Chronicles 12:8 - And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold H4679 to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

1 Chronicles 12:16 - And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold H4679 unto David.

Isaiah 33:16 - He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions H4679 of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

Jeremiah 48:41 - Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds H4679 are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Jeremiah 51:30 - The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: H4679 their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

Ezekiel 33:27 - Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts H4679 and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.