Word Study · Strong's H4693 · Hebrew
מָצוֹר
matsor
maw-tsore'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mâtsôwr
“Egypt (as the border of Palestine)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Egypt (as the border of Palestine)
Rendered in the KJV as
besieged places, defense, fortified.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- מָצ֑וֹר2
- מָצֽוֹר׃2
- מָצוֹר֙1
How it is rendered · 1
- Egypt5
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)5
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- HNpl · 5
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Where this word lives
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2 Kings1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 19:6מָצ֑וֹרmatzorproper noun (a name)The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.here: Egypt
- Isaiah 37:25מָצֽוֹר׃matzorproper noun (a name)I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”here: Egypt
Micah2 occurrences
- Micah 7:12מָצ֑וֹרmatzorproper noun (a name)On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.here: Egypt
- Micah 7:12מָצוֹר֙matzorproper noun (a name)On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.here: Egypt
Same headword in Strong's