H4679

מְצָד

me.tsadH:N-F

stronghold

1) fort, stronghold, fastness 1a) mountain-fastness 1b) stronghold

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מְצָד, מְצַד noun feminine^{Jer 48:41} fastness, stronghold (properly hunting-place?); — absolute מְצָד 1Chr 11:7; 1Chr 12:16, מְצַד 1Chr 12:8 plural absolute מְצָדוֺת 1Sam 23:14+, construct id. v1Sam 23:29 (Gi, 1Sam 24:1 van d. H. Baer), Isa 33:16 —

1. mounting-fastness Judg 6:2; 1Sam 23:14; 1Sam 23:19; 1Sam 23:29 (see above), Ezek 33:27; 1Chr 12:8; 1Chr 12:16 מְצָדוֺת סְלָעִים Isa 33:16.

2. more generally, stronghold Jer 48:41; Jer 51:30; Ezek 19:9 (Baer Gi; van d. H. מְצֹדוֺת id. [II. מְצוֺדָה] Ew Hi-Sm Da and others; nets [1. מְצוֺדָה] Krae; strike out Co Oort Toy); citadel of Jerusalem 1Chr 11:7.

I. מְצוֺדָה noun feminine net; — ׳מ Eccl 9:12 for fish (in simile); — plural Ezek 19:9 see מְצָד above

7 occurrences

I Samuel (2), I Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (1)