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H4692מָצוֹר mâtsôwr — something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distressH6696צוּר tsûwr — to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)H2583חָנָה chânâh — properly, to inclineG4912συνέχω synéchō — to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with
a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner)H4694מְצוּרָה mᵉtsûwrâh — a hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of siege), or (subjectively) a rampart (of protection), (abstractly) fortificationH2314חָדַר châdar — properly, to inclose (as a room), i.e. (by analogy,) to beset (as in a siege)
Verses(5+)
- Verse2 Kings 25:2And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
- VerseJeremiah 52:5And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
- VerseJeremiah 10:17Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
- VerseEzekiel 4:7You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
- VerseEzekiel 4:2Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordH4692 מָצוֹר · mâtsôwr (Hebrew)something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress
- WordH6696 צוּר · tsûwr (Hebrew)to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
- WordH2583 חָנָה · chânâh (Hebrew)properly, to incline
- WordG4912 συνέχω · synéchō (Greek)to hold together, i.e. to compress (the ears, with a crowd or siege) or arrest (a prisoner)
- WordH4694 מְצוּרָה · mᵉtsûwrâh (Hebrew)a hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of siege), or (subjectively) a rampart (of protection), (abstractly) fortification
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Feature Pages(3)
- FeatureThe Fall of JerichoNo siege engine, no battering ram — a city falls to a trumpet and a shout, and the book stages Rahab's faith against Achan's sin in the same campaign.
- FeatureJeremiah — the Study GuideForty years against the fall of Jerusalem — and the deepest promise in the Old Testament, spoken while the siege ramps were rising.
- FeatureNahum — the Study GuideThe sequel to Jonah: the city that repented is judged a century and a half later. God who is slow to anger and will not at all acquit the wicked, the siege of Nineveh in the most kinetic battle poetry in the Twelve, and the comfort promised to the oppressed — a stronghold in the day of trouble.
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resource2 Maccabees 10:33But they that were with Maccabeus laid siege against the fortress courageously four days.
- Study resource1 Maccabees 10:76Then Jonathan laid siege unto it: whereupon they of the city let him in for fear: and so Jonathan won Joppa.
- Study resource1 Maccabees 9:64Then went he and laid siege against Bethbasi; and they fought against it a long season and made engines of war.
- Study resource1 Maccabees 11:61From whence he went to Gaza, but they of Gaza shut him out; wherefore he laid siege unto it, and burned the suburbs thereof with fire, and spoiled them.
- Study resource2 Maccabees 10:18And because certain, who were no less than nine thousand, were fled together into two very strong castles, having all manner of things convenient to sustain the siege,