Fortress
מְצוּרָהStrong’s H4694metsurah (me-tsu-rah)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Metsurah is the Hebrew word usually translated “fortifications” and “fortification”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.”
Meaning
- Siege-works, stronghold, rampartsiege-works · rampart
How it's translated
- fortifications 5
- fortification 2
- the fortifications 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 6
- Isaiah 1
- Nahum 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Chronicles 11:11And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
- 2 Chronicles 11:23And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
- 2 Chronicles 12:4And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 14:6And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
- 2 Chronicles 21:3And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
- Isaiah 29:3And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
Hebrew dictionary
מְצוּרָה metsurah · fortress
1) siege-works, stronghold, rampart 1a) siege-works 1b) rampart
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fortress” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FOR'TRESS, noun
- Any fortified place; a fort; a castle; a strong hold; a place of defense or security.
- Defense; safety; security;“The Lord is my rock, and my fortress” Psalms 18:2
All definitions and other forms of “fortress”
FOR'TRESS, verb transitive
To furnish with fortresses; to guard; to fortify.
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.