Matsor מָצוֹר

Matsor (Hebrew מָצוֹר, Strong's H4692) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “siege”. It occurs 25 times in 25 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Matsor, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 20:19
  When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?
• Deuteronomy 20:20
  Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.But you may destroy the trees that you know do not produce fruit. Use them to build siege works against the city that is waging war against you, until it falls.
• Deuteronomy 28:53
  And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.
• Deuteronomy 28:55
  So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.
• Deuteronomy 28:57
  And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 24:10
  At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
• 2 Kings 25:2
  And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 8:5
  Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
• 2 Chronicles 11:5
  And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.Rehoboam continued to live in Jerusalem, and he built up cities for defense in Judah.
• 2 Chronicles 32:10
  Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?“This is what Sennacherib king of Assyria says: What is the basis of your confidence, that you remain in Jerusalem under siege?

Psalms

• Psalm 31:21
  Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege.
• Psalm 60:9
  Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me to Edom?

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 10:17
  Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
• Jeremiah 19:9
  And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
• Jeremiah 52:5
  So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 4:2
  And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.Then 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.
• Ezekiel 4:3
  Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
• Ezekiel 4:7
  Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
• Ezekiel 4:8
  And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.
• Ezekiel 5:2
  Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.

Micah

• Micah 5:1
  Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.

Nahum

• Nahum 3:14
  Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 2:1
  I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 9:3
  And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
• Zechariah 12:2
  Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).