1) fort, stronghold, fastness 1a) mountain-fastness 1b) stronghold
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H4679 — מְצָד
me.tsad · stronghold · Hebrew/Aramaic
10 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 6:2 · הַמְּצָדֽוֹת׃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.1 Samuel 23:14 · בַּמְּצָד֔וֹתAnd David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, 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 · בַמְּצָדוֹת֙Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of Jeshimon?1 Samuel 23:29 · בִּמְצָד֥וֹתAnd David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.1 Chronicles 11:7 · בַּמְצָ֑דAnd David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.1 Chronicles 12:8 · לַמְצַ֨דAnd of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold 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 · לַמְצָ֖דAnd there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.Isaiah 33:16 · מְצָד֥וֹתHe shall dwell on high: his place of defence [shall be] the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters [shall be] sure.Jeremiah 48:41 · וְהַמְּצָד֖וֹתKerioth is taken, and the strong holds 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 · בַּמְּצָד֔וֹתThe mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in [their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.