What does מָצוֹר · πολίτης mean in the Bible?
מָצוֹר · πολίτης is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a military blockade intended to starve and weaken a city".
Hebrew · H4692, G4177
מָצוֹר
Something hemming in , i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege , (figuratively) distress ; or (subjectively) a fastness · a townsman
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מָצוֹר H4692 something hemming in , i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege , (figuratively) distress ; or (subjectively) a fastness
Pronunciation māṣwōr
Physical encirclement (siege mounds) metonymically extends to psychological entrapment and finally to fortified refuge itself.
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πολίτης G4177 a townsman
Pronunciation polítēs
Citizen with legal standing in a city-state; also denotes fellow-citizen sharing same political community.
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What does מָצוֹר (matsor) mean in the Bible?
מָצוֹר · πολίτης is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a military blockade intended to starve and weaken a city".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H4692, G4177?
H4692, G4177 is connected to 26 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a military blockade intended to starve and weaken a city
Strong's H4692, G4177
Lexical occurrences 26 verses Source Gloss
a military blockade intended to starve and weaken a city
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain