# מָצוֹר (matsor)

Israeli respelling: matsor. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4692. 26 Old Testament occurrences.

something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness

King James renderings: besieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/matsor-h4692

## Occurrences

- [Deuteronomy 20:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/20/19) — When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe…
- [Deuteronomy 20:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/20/20) — Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks agai…
- [Deuteronomy 28:53](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/53) — And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the…
- [Deuteronomy 28:55](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/55) — So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and…
- [Deuteronomy 28:57](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/57) — And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for wa…
- [2 Kings 24:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/24/10) — At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
- [2 Kings 25:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/2) — And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- [2 Chronicles 8:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/8/5) — Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
- [2 Chronicles 11:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/5) — And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
- [2 Chronicles 32:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/10) — Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
- [Psalms 31:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/31/21) — Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
- [Psalms 60:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/60/9) — Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
- [Jeremiah 10:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/10/17) — Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
- [Jeremiah 19:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/19/9) — And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend…
- [Jeremiah 52:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/5) — So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
- [Ezekiel 4:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/4/2) — And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams ag…
- [Ezekiel 4:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/4/3) — Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shal…
- [Ezekiel 4:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/4/7) — Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
- [Ezekiel 4:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/4/8) — And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
- [Ezekiel 5:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/5/2) — Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part…
- [Micah 5:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/5/1) — Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the…
- [Micah 7:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/7/12) — In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from…
- [Nahum 3:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/14) — Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
- [Habakkuk 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/habakkuk/2/1) — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am re…
- [Zechariah 9:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/9/3) — And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
- [Zechariah 12:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/12/2) — Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and ag…