Words the Bible translates as fortified city

English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.

mivtsarמִבְצָרa fortified place: a walled town, or the defensive stronghold that guards it, built to hold out against attack
matsorמָצוֹרan enclosing barrier around a city: the siege that shuts it in, or the fortification that walls it off for defense.

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