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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4685 - מְצֹדָה

Transliteration

mâtsôwd

Phonetics

maw-tsode', mets-o-daw', mets-o-daw'

Origin

from (H6679)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun, masculine noun

TWOT

1885d,1885e

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

n m
1. siege-works, bulwark
2. hunting implement, net
n f
1. net
2. fastness, stronghold

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 5482 ‑ χάραξ (khar'‑ax); 293 ‑ ἀμφίβληστρον (am‑fib'‑lace‑tron); 5438 ‑ φυλακή (foo‑lak‑ay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (6)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

BSB (7)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

CSB (3)

Job 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

ESV (7)

Leviticus 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

KJV (6)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

LEB (4)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 1

Ezekiel 1

ASV (6)

against her and her stronghold 1

bulwarks against it 1

him into strongholds 1

is snares 1

net 1

the net 1

BSB (7)

and drawn his net 1

into captivity 1

is a snare 1

laying siege 1

net 1

siege ramps 1

the plunder 1

CSB (3)

his net 1

trap 1

works 1

ESV (7)

custody 1

munition 1

net 1

siegeworks 1

snares 1

spoil 1

things 1

KJV (6)

bulwarks 1

holds 1

munition 1

net 2

snares 1

LEB (4)

her and her stronghold 1

is a trap 1

siege works 1

the proceeds of 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (6)

against her and her stronghold 1

bulwarks against it 1

him into strongholds 1

is snares 1

net 1

the plunder 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1395) d y (תסד TsD) AC: Hide CO: Side AB: Stronghold: The pictograph y is a picture of the side of a man. One lies down to sleep, hide or ambush. (eng: side)

A) d y (תסד TsD) AC: ? CO: Side AB: Stronghold

N^m ) d y (תסד TsD) - I. Side: II. Concerning:On the side of something. [Aramaic only] KJV (35): side, beside, another, concerning, against - Strongs: H6654 (צַד), H6655 (צַד)

k^m) d y m (מתסד MTsD) - Stronghold: A hiding place surrounded by sides. KJV (11): stronghold, hold, castle, fort, munition - Strongs: H4679 (מְצָדָה)

ad^f1) e d f y m (מתסודה MTsWDH) - Stronghold: A hiding place surrounded by sides. KJV (22): fortress, hold, snare, stronghold, castle, fort, defense - Strongs: H4686 (מְצֻדָה)

H) e d y (תסדה TsDH) AC: Lay down CO: ? AB: ?

V) e d y (תסדה TsDH) - Lay-down: KJV (3): (vf: Paal, Niphal) wait, hunt, destroy - Strongs: H6658 (צָדָה)

N^m) e d y (תסדה TsDH) - True: Posed as a question, "is it true", as if laying something down for investigation. [Aramaic only] KJV (1): - Strongs: H6656 (צְדָא)

f^f1) e i d y (תסדיה TsDYH) - Ambush: A laying down in wait. KJV (2): lay - Strongs: H6660 (צְדִיָּה)

J) d f y (תסוד TsWD) AC: Hunt CO: Snare AB: ?

V) d f y (תסוד TsWD) - Hunt: To hunt in the sense of laying in ambush. KJV (18): (vf: Paal, Hitpael) hunt, take, chase, provision, sore - Strongs: H6679 (צִיד)

a^m) d f y m (מתסוד MTsWD) - Snare: A tool used for trapping animals while the hunter lies in wait. KJV (6): net, snare, bulwark - Strongs: H4685 (מְצֹדָה)

a^f1) e d f y m (מתסודה MTsWDH) - Snare: A tool used for trapping animals while the hunter lies in wait. KJV (6): net, munition, hold - Strongs: H4685 (מְצֹדָה)

M) d i y (תסיד TsYD) AC: Hunt CO: Meat AB: ?

N^m ) d i y (תסיד TsYD) - I. Hunter:One who lays in ambush. II. Meat:The produce of the hunt. KJV (20): venison, hunter, victuals, provision, hunting, catch, food, hunting - Strongs: H6718 (צַיִד), H6719 (צַיָּד)

N^f1) e d i y (תסידה TsYDH) - Meat: The produce of the hunt. KJV (10): venison, victuals, provision, meat - Strongs: H6720 (צֵדָה)

Adopted Roots:

A2476 R u x (Side)
A2658 Q d y (Straight, Righteous)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [מָצוֺד] noun masculine in plural, dubious, usually siege-works; — מְצוֺדִים נְּדֹלִים Ecclesiastes 9:14, but read מְצוּרִים Wkl^{Altor. Forsch. iv. 353}, see מָצוֺר 2, p. 849a.

II. [מָצוֺד] noun [masculine] hunting implement, specifically net (compare Syriac , ᵑ7מְצַדְתָּא, net); — only figurative: construct מְצוֺד רָעִים Proverbs 12:12 (but text dubious, see conjecture in Toy); suffix מְצוּדוֺ Job 19:5 (of God as Job's hunter); plural מְצוֺדִים וַחֲרָמִים לִנָּהּ Ecclesiastes 7:26 (of woman).

I. מְצוֺדָה noun feminine net; — ׳מ Ecclesiastes 9:12 for fish (in simile); — plural Ezekiel 19:9 see מְצָד above

II. [מְצוֺדָה] noun feminine fastness, stronghold; — suffix מְצֹדָתָהּ Isaiah 29:7 (of Ariel); — plural Ezekiel 19:9 see מְצָד.

List of Word Forms

וּמְצֹ֣דָתָ֔הּ ומצדתה מְצ֣וֹד מְצוֹדִ֥ים מְצוֹדִ֧ים מצוד מצודים mə·ṣō·w·ḏîm mə·ṣō·wḏ məṣōwḏ məṣōwḏîm meTzod metzoDim ū·mə·ṣō·ḏā·ṯāh ūməṣōḏāṯāh umeTzodaTah