מָצוֹר
mâtsôwr · maw-tsore'
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
Lexicon
Derivation: or מָצוּר; from H6696 (צוּר);
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
- something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress
- or (subjectively) a fastness
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- 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 › to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָצוֹר 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the siege3 · 12%
- was besieged3 · 12%
- siege2 · 8%
- them in the siege1 · 4%
- bulwarks1 · 4%
- thee, in the siege1 · 4%
- him in the siege1 · 4%
- fenced1 · 4%
- for defence1 · 4%
- in a strong1 · 4%
- me into the strong1 · 4%
- of the fortress1 · 4%
- against it, and it shall be besieged1 · 4%
- toward the siege1 · 4%
- of thy siege1 · 4%
- of the siege1 · 4%
- for the siege1 · 4%
- me upon the tower1 · 4%
- herself a strong hold1 · 4%
- when they shall be in the siege1 · 4%
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.