H4679 מְצַד
mᵉtsad — a fastness (as a covert of ambush)
KJV: castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.
Derived from צוּד tsûwd (to lie alongside)
Occurs 10 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְצָד, מְצַד n.f. fastness, stronghold (prop. hunting-place ?)
- 1 mountain-fastness
- 2 more gen., stronghold
Where it occurs
- Judges 6:2 — The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens…
- 1 Samuel 23:14 — David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul…
- 1 Samuel 23:19 — Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the…
- 1 Samuel 24:1 — David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
- Isaiah 33:16 — he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will…
- Jeremiah 48:41 — Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized. The heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day will be as the heart…
- Jeremiah 51:30 — The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting, they remain in their strongholds. Their might has failed. They have…
- 1 Chronicles 11:7 — David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it David’s city.
- 1 Chronicles 12:9 — Some Gadites joined David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could…
- 1 Chronicles 12:17 — Some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.