מָצוֹר
māṣôr
besieged places
Strong's H4693Proper NounHebrewTWOT 1235

מָצוֹר (māṣôr) is a Hebrew proper noun meaning besieged places. It appears 4 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4693).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1235)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1235)Egypt, Egyptians; besieged places; border, Mitsrajim; defense, fortified, Mizraim
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מָצוֹר proper name of a territory

מִצְרַיִם; only poetic

מִצְרַ֫יִם proper name of a territory: Egypt, Egyptians

Strong's H4693 מָצוֹר: Egypt (as the border of Palestine)
KJV:besieged places, defense, fortified.

Strong's H4714 מִצְרַיִם: Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV:Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.

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.

See it in Scripture

2 Kings 19:24Isaiah 19:6Micah 7:12

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