{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4679",
  "lemma": "מְצַד",
  "transliteration": "mᵉtsad",
  "definition": "a fastness (as a covert of ambush)",
  "kjv": "castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.",
  "occurrences": 10,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H6679",
      "lemma": "צוּד",
      "transliteration": "tsûwd",
      "meaning": "to lie alongside",
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    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מְצָד, מְצַד n.f. fastness, stronghold (prop. hunting-place ?)",
    "1. mountain-fastness",
    "2. more gen., stronghold"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Judges 6:2",
      "text": "The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:14",
      "text": "David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:19",
      "text": "Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 24:1",
      "text": "David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/24?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 33:16",
      "text": "he will dwell on high. His place of defense will be the fortress of rocks. His bread will be supplied. His waters will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/33?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 48:41",
      "text": "Kerioth is taken, and the strongholds are seized. The heart of the mighty men of Moab at that day will be as the heart…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/48?v=41"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 51:30",
      "text": "The mighty men of Babylon have stopped fighting, they remain in their strongholds. Their might has failed. They have…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/51?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 11:7",
      "text": "David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it David’s city.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/11?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 12:9",
      "text": "Some Gadites joined David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/12?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Chronicles 12:17",
      "text": "Some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/12?v=17"
    }
  ],
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