1) fort, stronghold, fastness 1a) mountain-fastness 1b) stronghold
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H4679 — מְצָד
me.tsad · stronghold · Hebrew/Aramaic
10 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 6:2 · הַמְּצָדֽוֹת׃The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.1 Samuel 23:14 · בַּמְּצָד֔וֹתDavid stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.1 Samuel 23:19 · בַמְּצָדוֹת֙Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?1 Samuel 23:29 · בִּמְצָד֥וֹתDavid went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.1 Chronicles 11:7 · בַּמְצָ֑דDavid lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.1 Chronicles 12:8 · לַמְצַ֨דOf the Gadites there separated themselves to David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes on the mountains;1 Chronicles 12:16 · לַמְצָ֖דThere came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.Isaiah 33:16 · מְצָד֥וֹתhe will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will be sure.Jeremiah 48:41 · וְהַמְּצָד֖וֹתKerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized, and the heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.Jeremiah 51:30 · בַּמְּצָד֔וֹתThe mighty men of Babylon have forborne to fight, they remain in their strongholds; their might has failed; they are become as women: her dwelling places are set on fire; her bars are broken.