Matsod מָצוֹד
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| מָצוֹד | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | matsod |
| Strong's number | H4685 (H4685B, H4685D, H4685A, H4685C) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | net |
| Occurrences | 7 in 7 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ecclesiastes (3) |
Matsod (Hebrew מָצוֹד, Strong's H4685) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “net”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H4685B: net
hunting implement, net
Also means: me.tso.dah (מְצוֹדָה "net" H4685C)
Also means: me.tso.dah (מְצוֹדָה "net" H4685C)
H4685D: stronghold
fastness, stronghold
H4685A: siegework
siege-works, bulwark
H4685C: net
net
Another spelling of ma.tsod (מָצוֹד "net" H4685B)
Another spelling of ma.tsod (מָצוֹד "net" H4685B)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | net (2), snares (1), bulwarks (1), munition (1), holds (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | drawn his net (1), plunder (1), snare (1), net (1), siege ramps (1), laying siege (1), into captivity (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Matsod, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 19:6Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 12:12The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.And 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.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.For 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.
- Ecclesiastes 9:14There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:There was a small city with few men. A mighty king came against it, surrounded it, and built large siege ramps against it.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 29:7And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night,
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 19:9And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).