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Isaiah 25:12
“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.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מִבְצָרmibtsâr · mib-tsawr'
H4013 · Hebrew
H4013 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a fortification, castle, or fortified city; figuratively, a defender
- Derivation
- also (in plural) feminine (Daniel 11:l5) מִבְצָרָה; from H1219 (בָּצַר);
- KJV renderings
- (de-, most) fenced, fortress, (most) strong (hold).
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מִבְצַ֞ר — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 37 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 13:19Numbers 32:17Numbers 32:36Joshua 10:20Joshua 19:29
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מִבְצָר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.