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מְצוּדָהStrong’s H4686matsudah (ma-tsu-dah)
Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Matsudah is the Hebrew word usually translated “stronghold my”, “stronghold” and “stronghold of”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.”
Meaning
- Net, prey, net preynet · prey
- Fastness, stronghold
How it's translated
- and stronghold my 6
- in the stronghold 5
- the stronghold 2
- stronghold of 2
- in hunting net my 2
- and a stronghold 1
- strongholds 1
- in the net 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 7
- 2 Samuel 5
- 1 Samuel 3
- Ezekiel 3
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Job 1
6 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Samuel 22:5And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
- 1 Samuel 24:22And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
- 2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
- 2 Samuel 5:9So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
- 2 Samuel 5:17But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
- 2 Samuel 22:2And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
Hebrew dictionary
מְצוּדָה matsudah · net
1) net, prey, net prey 1a) net 1b) prey
מְצוּדָה matsudah · fortress
fastness, stronghold
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “net” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NET, noun
- An instrument for catching fish and fowls, or wild beasts, formed with twine or thread interwoven with meshes.
- A cunning device; a snare.
- Inextricable difficulty. Job 18:8
- Severe afflictions. Job 19:6
All definitions and other forms of “net”
NET, verb transitive
To make a net or net-work; to knot.
NET, adjective
[See Neat]
- Neat; pure; unadulterated.
- Being without flaw or spot.
- Being beyond all charges or outlay; as net profits.
- Being clear of all tare and tret, or all deductions; as net weight.
NET, verb transitive
To produce clear profit.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.