# מְצוּרָה (metsurah)

Israeli respelling: metsu-rah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4694. 8 Old Testament occurrences.

a hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of siege), or (subjectively) a rampart (of protection), (abstractly) fortification

King James renderings: fenced (city, fort, munition, strong hold.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/metsurah-h4694

## Occurrences

- [2 Chronicles 11:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/10) — And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
- [2 Chronicles 11:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/11) — And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
- [2 Chronicles 11:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/23) — And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he g…
- [2 Chronicles 12:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/12/4) — And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
- [2 Chronicles 14:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/14/6) — And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
- [2 Chronicles 21:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/21/3) — And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he…
- [Isaiah 29:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/29/3) — And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
- [Nahum 2:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/2/1) — He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.