מָצוֹד
mĕṣôdâ
siege-works
Strong's H4685NounHebrewTWOT 1885f

מָצוֹד (mĕṣôdâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning siege-works. It appears 6 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4685).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1885f)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1885f)net; capturing, fastness, tower; bulwark, hold, munition, snare
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מְצוֹדָה noun, feminine: net

Strong's H4685 מָצוֹד: a net (for capturing animals or fishes); a fastness or (beseiging) tower
KJV:bulwark, hold, munition, net, snare.

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

Proverbs 12:12Ecclesiastes 7:26Isaiah 29:7

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