Words the Bible translates as stronghold
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 15 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ozעֹזstrength exerted on behalf of someone or against opposition: the power to prevail and protect, overwhelmingly God's
- ochurōmaὀχύρωμαstrongholdnot studied yet
- selaסֶלַעa large rock: a cliff, crag, or massive boulder, and by extension a secure place of refuge
- mivtsarמִבְצָרa fortified place: a walled town, or the defensive stronghold that guards it, built to hold out against attack
- ma'ozמָעוֹזa place or source of safety and strength: a fortress to shelter behind, or the protection a person leans on for security
- armonאַרְמוֹןa fortified great house: the citadel or palace of a king or the powerful, at once a grand residence and a defensible stronghold
- matsorמָצוֹרan enclosing barrier around a city: the siege that shuts it in, or the fortification that walls it off for defense.
- matsudahמְצוּדָהa stronghold: a fortified or, more often, a rugged natural height that keeps its occupant safe from attack.
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- a hunter's net or snare: a trap that closes on prey, and so on a person who cannot escape.
- misgeretמִסְגֶּרֶתa fortified enclosed place: a stronghold or fastness people are shut inside and forced to come out of
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- a bordering frame: the rim, molding, or set-in side panels running around a piece of furniture or equipment
- misgavמִשְׂגָּבa place set so high it cannot be reached, and so a place of perfect safety
- metsadמְצָדa stronghold: a high, hard-to-reach place that people hold or hide in because the ground itself protects them
- metsurahמְצוּרָהfortifications: the walls, ramparts, and earthworks that make a town defensible, and the matching works an army raises around a city it is shutting in
- matsodמָצוֹדa hunting net: the gear that closes on a catch, and so a picture of being taken with no way out.
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- a fortification: the works an army raises around a city it is besieging, or the fortified place people are kept safe in or shut up in.
- tseri'aḥצְרִיחַstrongholdnot studied yet
- bitstsaronבִּצָּרוֹןstrongholdnot studied yet
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