Hebrew · H4692, G4174 · unreviewed

מָצוֹר

Something hemming in , i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege , (figuratively) distress ; or (subjectively) a fastness · citizenship; concretely, a community

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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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πολιτεία G4174 citizenship; concretely, a community
Pronunciation politeía
Citizenship as membership in a political commonwealth, not merely legal status but communal belonging.
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What does מָצוֹר (matsor) mean in the Bible?

מָצוֹר · πολιτεία is a Hebrew word meaning "military siege or encirclement of a city".

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Meaning

military siege or encirclement of a city
Grammatical Forms

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Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

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