# H4694 מְצוּרָה

מְצוּרָה (mᵉtsûwrâh), Strong’s H4694: a hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of siege), or (subjectively) a rampart (of protection), (abstractly) fortification KJV: fenced (city, fort, munition…

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*mᵉtsûwrâh* — a hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of siege), or (subjectively) a rampart (of protection), (abstractly) fortification

KJV: fenced (city, fort, munition, strong hold.

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְצוּרָה n.f. siege-works, rampart

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 29:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/29?v=3) — I will encamp against you all around you, and will lay siege against you with posted troops. I will raise siege works…
- [Nahum 2:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nahum/2?v=2) — He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your…
- [2 Chronicles 11:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/11?v=10) — Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
- [2 Chronicles 11:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/11?v=11) — He fortified the strongholds and put captains in them with stores of food, oil and wine.
- [2 Chronicles 11:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/11?v=23) — He dealt wisely, and dispersed some of his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified…
- [2 Chronicles 12:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/12?v=4) — He took the fortified cities which belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
- [2 Chronicles 14:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/14?v=5) — He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because the LORD had…
- [2 Chronicles 21:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/21?v=3) — Their father gave them great gifts of silver, of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah; but he…