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Matsor <a href="../hebrew/4694.htm" title="4694">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Matsor: Siege, distress, confinement</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">מָצוֹר</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Proper Name Location<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>matsowr<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>maw-tsore'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(maw-tsore')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Siege, distress, confinement<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>Egypt<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root verb צוּר (tsur), meaning "to confine" or "to besiege."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for "Matsor" is πολιορκία (poliorkia), which also means "siege" or "encirclement."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew word "Matsor" primarily refers to a state of siege or the act of besieging a city or fortress. It conveys the idea of being surrounded, confined, or under distress due to an enemy's encirclement. In the biblical context, it often describes military tactics used during warfare in ancient times, where a city would be cut off from supplies and reinforcements, leading to eventual surrender or destruction.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern warfare, sieges were a common military strategy. Cities were often fortified with walls, making direct assaults difficult. As a result, besieging forces would surround a city, cutting off its resources and waiting for the inhabitants to surrender due to starvation or lack of water. This tactic is well-documented in various ancient texts, including the Bible, and was a significant aspect of warfare in the ancient world.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm">Mitsrayim</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a country S.W. of the Red Sea<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Egypt (5).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">מָצוֺר</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>proper name, of a territory</b></font> = <font class="hebrew2">מִצְרַיִם</font>; only in poetry: <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">יֶאֹרֵי מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/19-6.htm">Isaiah 19:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/19-24.htm">2 Kings 19:24</a> = <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/37-25.htm">Isaiah 37:25</a>; <font class="hebrew2">וְעָדֶיךָ יָבוֺא לְמִנִּי</font> <font class="hebrew2">וְעַד נָהָר</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">וּלְמִנִּי מ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">אַשּׁוּד וְעָרֵי מ</font> <a href="/interlinear/micah/7-12.htm">Micah 7:12</a> (<font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> misunderstands everywhere). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>besieged places, defense, fortified <p>The same as <a href="/hebrew/4692.htm">matsowr</a> in the sense of a limit; Egypt (as the border of Palestine) -- besieged places, defense, fortified. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/4692.htm">matsowr</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>מָצ֑וֹר מָצֽוֹר׃ מָצוֹר֙ מצור מצור׃ mā·ṣō·wr māṣōwr maTzor<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/2_kings/19-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Kings 19:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כֹּ֖ל יְאֹרֵ֥י <b> מָצֽוֹר׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_kings/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> up All the rivers <span class="itali">of Egypt.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/2_kings/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> up all the rivers <span class="itali">of besieged places.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/2_kings/19-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> All the rivers <span class="itali">of Egypt</span><p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/19-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 19:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְחָרְב֖וּ יְאֹרֵ֣י <b> מָצ֑וֹר </b> קָנֶ֥ה וָס֖וּף</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> The streams <span class="itali">of Egypt</span> will thin<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [and] the brooks <span class="itali">of defence</span> shall be emptied<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/19-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and dry the streams <span class="itali">of Egypt</span> the reeds and rushes<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/37-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 37:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/37.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כֹּ֖ל יְאֹרֵ֥י <b> מָצֽוֹר׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/37.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> up All the rivers <span class="itali">of Egypt.'</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/37.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> all the rivers <span class="itali">of the besieged places.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/37-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> All the rivers <span class="itali">places</span><p><b><a href="/text/micah/7-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Micah 7:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/micah/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מָצ֑וֹר וּלְמִנִּ֤י <b> מָצוֹר֙ </b> וְעַד־ נָהָ֔ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/micah/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the cities <span class="itali">of Egypt, From Egypt</span> even to the Euphrates,<br><a href="/kjvs/micah/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> even to thee from Assyria, <span class="itali">and [from] the fortified</span> cities,<br><a href="/interlinear/micah/7-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> besieged at <span class="itali">of Egypt</span> even to the Euphrates<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4693.htm">4 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4693.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4693<br>4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/matzor_4693.htm">mā·ṣō·wr — 4 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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