מָצוֹר
mâtsôwr(maw-tsore')
“something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
Translated in KJV as
besiegedbulwarkdefencefencedfortresssiegestrong (hold)tower.
Etymology
or מָצוּר; from H6696 (צוּר);
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“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 against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.”