מְצָד
mĕṣād
fastness
Strong's H4679NounHebrewTWOT 1885c

מְצָד (mĕṣād) is a Hebrew noun meaning fastness. It appears 10 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4679).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1885c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1885c)fastness, stronghold, hunting-place; mountain-fastness; castle, fort, hold, munition
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מְצָד noun, feminine: fastness, stronghold, hunting-place

Strong's H4679 מְצַד: a fastness (as a covert of ambush)
KJV:castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1885: צוּד ṣûd — hunt; lie, catch, victual; chase, sore, take

See it in Scripture

Judges 6:21 Chronicles 11:7Isaiah 33:16

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