Egypt
מָצוֹרStrong’s H4693matsor (ma-tsor)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Matsor is the Hebrew word usually translated “egypt”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.”
Meaning
- "Matsor", a name for Egypt
How it's translated
- egypt 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- 2 Kings 1
- Micah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 19:6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
- Isaiah 37:25I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
- Micah 7:12In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
Hebrew dictionary
מָצוֹר matsor · Egypt
"Matsor", a name for Egypt Another spelling of mits.ra.yim (מִצְרַ֫יִם "Egypt" H4714G) This name means siege, entrenchment
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.