Word Study · Strong's H4685 · Hebrew
מָצוֹד
matsod
maw-tsode'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mâtsôwd
“a net (for capturing animals or fishes)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a net (for capturing animals or fishes); afastness or (beseiging) tower
Rendered in the KJV as
bulwark, hold, munition, net, snare.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- בַּמְּצֹד֔וֹת1
- בִּמְצוֹדָ֣ה1
- וּמְצֹ֣דָתָ֔הּ1
- וּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹ1
- מְצ֣וֹד1
- מְצוֹדִ֧ים1
- מְצוֹדִ֥ים1
How it is rendered · 7
- [is] snares1
- a net of1
- and net his1
- and stronghold its1
- in a net1
- in the strongholds1
- siege works1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 2
- HC/Ncfsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncfsa · 1
- HRd/Ncfpa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ecclesiastes carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Proverbs1 occurrence
Ecclesiastes3 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 7:26מְצוֹדִ֧יםmetzodimnoun · masculine pluralAnd I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.here: [is] snares
- Ecclesiastes 9:12בִּמְצוֹדָ֣הbimtzodahpreposition + noun · feminine singularFor surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.here: in a net
- Ecclesiastes 9:14מְצוֹדִ֥יםmetzodimnoun · masculine pluralThere was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.here: siege works