Matsor מָצוֹר

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Matsor
מָצוֹר
Transliterationmatsor
Strong's numberH4693
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechplace name
GlossEgypt
Occurrences5 in 4 verses
Most frequent inIsaiah (2)

Matsor (Hebrew מָצוֹר, Strong's H4693) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “Egypt”. It occurs 5 times.

Definition

"Matsor", a name for Egypt
Another spelling of mits.ra.yim (מִצְרַ֫יִם "Egypt" H4714G)
This name means siege, entrenchment

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

Translated as

KJVplaces (2), defence (1), fortified (1), fortress (1)
BSBegypt (5)

Verses

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

2 Kings

Isaiah

Micah

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).
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