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מִבְצָר H4013
H4013 is the Hebrew word מִבְצָר, transliterated mibtsâr and said mib-tsawr'. The King James Version most often renders it fenced.
What it means
a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender.
Where it comes from
also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה; from H1219 (בָּצַר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 32 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).
Verses using מִבְצָר
All 33 verses, quoted in full.
Numbers 32:17 · KJV
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Numbers 32:36 · KJV
And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
Joshua 10:20 · KJV
And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
Joshua 19:29 · KJV
And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
Joshua 19:35 · KJV
And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
1 Samuel 6:18 · KJV
And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
2 Samuel 24:7 · KJV
And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.
2 Kings 3:19 · KJV
And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
2 Kings 8:12 · KJV
And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
2 Kings 10:2 · KJV
Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
2 Kings 17:9 · KJV
And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
2 Kings 18:8 · KJV
He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
2 Chronicles 17:19 · KJV
These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
Psalm 89:40 · KJV
Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
Psalm 108:10 · KJV
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Isaiah 17:3 · KJV
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah 25:12 · KJV
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
Isaiah 34:13 · KJV
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Jeremiah 1:18 · KJV
For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
Jeremiah 4:5 · KJV
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
Jeremiah 5:17 · KJV
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
Jeremiah 6:27 · KJV
I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
Jeremiah 8:14 · KJV
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah 34:7 · KJV
When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
Lamentations 2:2 · KJV
The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
Lamentations 2:5 · KJV
The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Daniel 11:15 · KJV
So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
Daniel 11:24 · KJV
He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
Daniel 11:39 · KJV
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
Hosea 10:14 · KJV
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
Nahum 3:12 · KJV
All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.
Nahum 3:14 · KJV
Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.
Habakkuk 1:10 · KJV
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4013 mean?
H4013 is the Hebrew word מִבְצָר (mibtsâr), meaning a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender.
How is H4013 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it fenced (9 times), strong holds (6 times), defenced (4 times), fortress (3 times), strong (2 times), among others.
How many times does H4013 appear in the Bible?
מִבְצָר (mibtsâr) is tagged in 33 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4013 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה; from H1219 (בָּצַר).
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