מְצַד
mᵉtsad · mets-ad'
a fastness (as a covert of ambush)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מְצָד; or (feminine) מְצָדָה; from H6679 (צוּד);
a fastness (as a covert of ambush)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to pursue the straight path › the doorway, the way in
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְצַד 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in strong holds2 · 18%
- and strong holds1 · 9%
- himself with us in strong holds1 · 9%
- in the castle1 · 9%
- into the hold1 · 9%
- to the hold1 · 9%
- shall be the munitions1 · 9%
- and the strong holds1 · 9%
- in their holds1 · 9%
- and they that be in the forts1 · 9%
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.