מִבְצָר
mibtsâr · mib-tsawr'
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
Lexicon
Derivation: also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה; from H1219 (בָּצַר);
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
- a fortification, castle, or fortified city
- figuratively, a defender
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the house, what is within › to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the house, what is within that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִבְצָר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
37 occurrences · 37 OT · 0 NT · 29 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the fenced2 · 6%
- to the fenced2 · 6%
- his strong holds2 · 6%
- into the defenced2 · 6%
- thy strong holds2 · 6%
- all thy strong holds2 · 6%
- or in strong holds1 · 3%
- fenced1 · 3%
- into fenced1 · 3%
- and to the strong1 · 3%
- and the fenced1 · 3%
- both of fenced1 · 3%
- to the strong hold1 · 3%
- every fenced1 · 3%
- their strong holds1 · 3%
- a fenced1 · 3%
- me into the strong1 · 3%
- the fortress1 · 3%
- and the fortress1 · 3%
- in the fortresses1 · 3%
- a defenced1 · 3%
- thy fenced1 · 3%
- and a fortress1 · 3%
- for these defenced1 · 3%
- the strong holds1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.