Strong's Concordance H4692

Original Word: מָצוֹר
Transliteration: mâtsôwr
Phonetic Spelling: maw-tsore'
or מָצוּר; from H6696; something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness; besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.

Usages throughout the bible

Deuteronomy 20:20 - Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks H4692 against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.

Deuteronomy 28:53 - And 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, H4692 and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

Deuteronomy 28:55 - So 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, H4692 and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

Deuteronomy 28:57 - And 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 H4692 and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

2 Chronicles 8:5 - Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced H4692 cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

2 Chronicles 11:5 - And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence H4692 in Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:10 - Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege H4692 in Jerusalem?

Psalms 31:21 - Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong H4692 city.

Psalms 60:9 - Who will bring me into the strong H4692 city? who will lead me into Edom?

Jeremiah 10:17 - Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. H4692

Jeremiah 19:9 - And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege H4692 and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

Jeremiah 52:5 - So the city was besieged H4692 unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Ezekiel 4:2 - And lay siege H4692 against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

Ezekiel 4:3 - Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, H4692 and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 4:7 - Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege H4692 of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

Ezekiel 4:8 - And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. H4692

Ezekiel 5:2 - Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege H4692 are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

Micah 5:1 - Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege H4692 against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

Nahum 3:14 - Draw thee waters for the siege, H4692 fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

Habakkuk 2:1 - I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, H4692 and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

Zechariah 9:3 - And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, H4692 and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

Zechariah 12:2 - Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege H4692 both against Judah and against Jerusalem.