Lexical Summary mibtsar or mibtsarah: fortification Original Word: מִבְצָרTransliteration: mibtsar or mibtsarah Phonetic Spelling: (mib-tsawr') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: fortification Meaning: a fortification, castle, fortified city, a defender Strong's Concordance most fenced, fortress, most strong hold Also (in plural) feminine (Dan. 11:15) mibtsarah {mib-tsaw-raw'}; from batsar; a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender -- (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold). see HEBREW 'abeh see HEBREW batsar Brown-Driver-Briggs H4013. mibtsar or mibtsarah מִבְצָר noun masculineIsaiah 17:3 fortification — מִבְצָר Numbers 32:71 18t.; construct מִבְצַר Joshua 19:29 2t.; plural מִבְצָרִים Numbers 13:19; Daniel 11:24; מִבְצָרוֺת 11:15; מִבְצְרֵי Lamentations 2:2; Daniel 11:39; suffix מִבְצָרֶיךָ Hosea 10:14 2t.; מִבְצָרַיִךְ Nahum 3:12; מִבְצָרָ֑יִךְ 3:14; Jeremiah 48:18; מִבְצָרָיו Psalm 89:41; Lamentations 2:5; מִבְצָרֶיהָ Isaiah 34:13; מִבְצְרֵיהֶם 2 Kings 8:12; — fortification, especially in phrase מ (ערי) ׳עיר ׅ׳(המ = fortified city Numbers 32:17, 36; Joshua 10:20; 19:29, 35; 1 Samuel 6:18; 2 Kings 3:19; 10:2; 17:9; 18:8; Jeremiah 4:5; 5:17; 8:14; 34:7; Psalm 108:11 (מ ׳עיר = מָצוֺר עיר 60:11), 2 Chronicles 17:19; Daniel 11:15 (׳מ in this connection singular except Jeremiah 5:17 & Daniel 11:15 (מבצרות)); Jeremiah 1:18 figurative of prophet, so without עיר 6:27; fortress, stronghold, literal without עיר etc. Numbers 13:19; 2 Kings 8:12; Jeremiah 48:18; Isaiah 17:3; 25:12 (׳מ חומתיך משׁגב) 34:13 ("" ארמנת), Lamentations 2:2, 5 ("" id.) Psalm 89:41; Hosea 10:14; Amos 5:9; Micah 5:10; Nahum 3:12, 14; Habakkuk 1:10; Daniel 11:24, 39; followed by proper name ׳מ צֹד 2 Samuel 24:7 (compare Joshua 19:29 מ ׳עיר צֹר). בַּקְבֻּק בַּקְבּוק, see below בקק. |
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