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Siege

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Subject type: Subject
Strong’s: H4692
Hebrew: מָצוֹר · mâtsôwr

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מָצוֹר

H4692

Transliteration: mâtsôwr
Pronunciation: maw-tsore'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 25

Glosses

besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.

Lexicon definition

something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress

or (subjectively) a fastness

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

מָצוֹר

H4692

Transliteration: mâtsôwr
Pronunciation: maw-tsore'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 25

Glosses

siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.

Lexicon definition

something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress

or (subjectively) a fastness

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Siege

Indexed occurrences: 47

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All Scripture references50 references

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

SIEGE

Entry:

Nave’s Topical Bible references for SIEGE.

Indexed references: 3

Scripture references:

Deuteronomy 20:10 Deuteronomy 20:19 Isaiah 29:3

Source: Nave's Topical Bible · View data sources

Sources

Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
Historical Reference: concordance
Historical Reference: Installed reference work
Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

Ancient Context20 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

How Joshua, The Commander Of The Hebrews, Made War With The Canaanites, And Overcame Them, And Destroyed Them, And Divided Their Land By Lot To The Tribes Of Israel.

Antiquities Book 5, Chapter 1

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Strong’s and original-language information

Glosses

Lexicon definition

Glosses

Lexicon definition

Concordance

Siege

Deuteronomy 7

Joshua 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 2

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Job 1

Psalms 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 8

Ezekiel 9

Daniel 1

Micah 2

Nahum 1

Habakkuk 1

Zechariah 1

Topical Bible

SIEGE

Sources

How Joshua, The Commander Of The Hebrews, Made War With The Canaanites, And Overcame Them, And Destroyed Them, And Divided Their Land By Lot To The Tribes Of Israel.

How David Laid Siege To Jerusalem; And When He Had Taken The City, He Cast The Canaanites Out Of It, And Brought In The Jews To Inhabit Therein.

How David Fell In Love With Bathsheba, And Slew Her Husband Uriah, For Which He Is Reproved By Nathan.

How David, When He Had Recovered His Kingdom, Was Reconciled To Shimei, And To Ziba; And Showed A Great Affection To Barzillai; And How, Upon The Rise Of A Sedition, He Made Amasa Captain Of His Host, In Order To Pursue Seba; Which Amasa Was Slain By Joab.

What Charge David Gave To his Son Solomon At The Approach Of His Death, And How Many Things He Left Him For The Building Of The Temple.

How Hadad King Of Damascus And Of Syria, Made Two Expeditions Against Ahab And Was Beaten.

How Joram And Jehoshaphat Made An Expedition Against The Moabites; As Also Concerning The Wonders Of Elisha; And The Death Of Jehoshaphat.

How Shalmaneser Took Samaria By Force And How He Transplanted The Ten Tribes Into Media, And Brought The Nation Of The Cutheans Into Their Country [In Their Room].

How The King Of Babylon Took Jerusalem And Burnt The Temple And Removed The People Of Jerusalem And Zedekiah To Babylon. As Also, Who They Were That Had Succeeded In The High Priesthood Under The Kings.

Concerning Nebuchadnezzar And His Successors And How Their Government Was Dissolved By The Persians; And What Things Befell Daniel In Media; And What Prophecies He Delivered There.

Concerning Sanballat And Manasseh, And The Temple Which They Built On Mount Gerizzim; As Also How Alexander Made His Entry Into The City Jerusalem, And What Benefits He Bestowed On The Jews.

Concerning The Death Of Antiochus Epiphane. How Antiochus Eupator Fought Against Juda And Besieged Him In The Temple And Afterwards Made Peace With Him And Departed; Of Alcimus And Onias.

How Jonathan Took The Government After His Brother Judas; And How He, Together With His Brother Simon, Waged War Against Bacchides.

How Trypho After He Had Beaten Demetrius Delivered The Kingdom To Antiochus The Son Of Alexander, And Gained Jonathan For His Assistant; And Concerning The Actions And Embassies Of Jonathan.

Hyrcanus Receives The High Priesthood, And Ejects Ptolemy Out Of The Country. Antiochus Makes War Against Hyrcanus And Afterwards Makes A League With Him.

How Upon The Quarrel Between Antiochus Grypus And Antiochus Cyzicenus About The Kingdom Hyrcanus Tooksamaria, And Utterly Demolished It; And How Hyrcanus Joined Himself To The Sect Of The Sadducees, And Left That Of The Pharisees.

How Alexander, upon the League of Mutual Defense Which Cleopatra Had Agreed with Him, Made an Expedition Against Coelesyria, and Utterly Overthrew the City of Gaza; and How He Slew Many Ten Thousands of Jews That Rebelled Against Him.

SIEGE

Deuteronomy

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