מָצוֹר
mâtsôwr · maw-tsore'
Egypt (as the border of Palestine)
Lexicon
Derivation: the same as H4692 (מָצוֹר) in the sense of a limit;
Egypt (as the border of Palestine)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: besieged places, defense, fortified.
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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of besieged places1 · 20%
- of defence1 · 20%
- of the besieged places1 · 20%
- and from the fortified1 · 20%
- and from the fortress1 · 20%
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.