- Bakbakkar (baq.baq.qar - בַּקְבַּקַּר)
- Bezer (be.tser - בֶּ֫צֶר)
- Bezer (be.tser - בֶּ֫צֶר)
- Bozrah (bots.rah - בׇּצְרָה)
- Bozrah (bots.rah - בׇּצְרָה)
- Mibzar (miv.tsar - מִבְצָר)
- dearth (bats.tsa.rah - בַּצָּרָה)
- distress (tsa.rah - צָרָה)
- drought (bats.tso.ret - בַּצֹּרֶת)
- enclosure (bots.rah - בׇּצְרָה)
- fortification (miv.tsar - מִבְצָר)
- gold (be.tser - בֶּ֫צֶר)
- old-growth (ba.tsor - בָּצוֹר)
- stronghold (bits.tsa.ron - בִּצָּרוֹן)
- to gather/restrain/fortify (ba.tsar - בָּצַר)
- vexer (tsa.rah - צָרָה)
- vintage (ba.tsir - בָּצִיר)
Num 13:19 and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds,
Num 32:17 but we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Num 32:36 Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
Jos 10:20 When Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished striking them with a great blow until they were wiped out, and when the remnant that remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
Jos 19:29 Then the boundary turns to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre. Then the boundary turns to Hosah, and it ends at the sea; Mahalab, Achzib,
Jos 19:35 The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,
1Sa 6:18 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and unwalled villages. The great stone beside which they set down the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
2Sa 24:7 and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites; and they went out to the Negeb of Judah at Beersheba.
2Ki 3:19 and you shall attack every fortified city and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree and stop up all springs of water and ruin every good piece of land with stones.”
2Ki 8:12 And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women.”
2Ki 10:2 “Now then, as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, fortified cities also, and weapons,
2Ki 17:9 And the people of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things that were not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city.
2Ki 18:8 He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
2Ch 17:19 These were in the service of the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.
Psa 89:40 You have breached all his walls;
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
Psa 108:10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
Who will lead me to Edom?
Isa 17:3 The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,
and the kingdom from Damascus;
and the remnant of Syria will be
like the glory of the children of Israel,
declares the Lord of hosts.
and the kingdom from Damascus;
and the remnant of Syria will be
like the glory of the children of Israel,
declares the Lord of hosts.
Isa 25:12 And the high fortifications of his walls he will bring down,
lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.
lay low, and cast to the ground, to the dust.
Isa 34:13 Thorns shall grow over its strongholds,
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of jackals,
an abode for ostriches.
nettles and thistles in its fortresses.
It shall be the haunt of jackals,
an abode for ostriches.
Jer 1:18 And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.
Jer 4:5 Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, “Blow the trumpet through the land;
cry aloud and say,
‘Assemble, and let us go
into the fortified cities!’
cry aloud and say,
‘Assemble, and let us go
into the fortified cities!’
Jer 5:17 They shall eat up your harvest and your food;
they shall eat up your sons and your daughters;
they shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
your fortified cities in which you trust
they shall beat down with the sword.”
they shall eat up your sons and your daughters;
they shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
your fortified cities in which you trust
they shall beat down with the sword.”
Jer 6:27 “I have made you a tester of metals among my people,
that you may know and test their ways.
that you may know and test their ways.
Jer 8:14 Why do we sit still?
Gather together; let us go into the fortified cities
and perish there,
for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
and has given us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord.
Gather together; let us go into the fortified cities
and perish there,
for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
and has given us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord.
Jer 34:7 when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, Lachish and Azekah, for these were the only fortified cities of Judah that remained.
Jer 48:18 “Come down from your glory,
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
and sit on the parched ground,
O inhabitant of Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
he has destroyed your strongholds.
Lam 2:2 The Lord has swallowed up without mercy
all the habitations of Jacob;
in his wrath he has broken down
the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
he has brought down to the ground in dishonor
the kingdom and its rulers.
all the habitations of Jacob;
in his wrath he has broken down
the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
he has brought down to the ground in dishonor
the kingdom and its rulers.
Lam 2:5 The Lord has become like an enemy;
he has swallowed up Israel;
he has swallowed up all its palaces;
he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
mourning and lamentation.
he has swallowed up Israel;
he has swallowed up all its palaces;
he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
mourning and lamentation.
Dan 11:15 Then the king of the north shall come and throw up siegeworks and take a well-fortified city. And the forces of the south shall not stand, or even his best troops, for there shall be no strength to stand.
Dan 11:24 Without warning he shall come into the richest parts of the province, and he shall do what neither his fathers nor his fathers’ fathers have done, scattering among them plunder, spoil, and goods. He shall devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time.
Dan 11:39 He shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. Those who acknowledge him he shall load with honor. He shall make them rulers over many and shall divide the land for a price.
Hos 10:14 therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
Amo 5:9 who makes destruction flash forth against the strong,
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
so that destruction comes upon the fortress.
Mic 5:11 and I will cut off the cities of your land
and throw down all your strongholds;
and throw down all your strongholds;
Nah 3:12 All your fortresses are like fig trees
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.
with first-ripe figs—
if shaken they fall
into the mouth of the eater.
Nah 3:14 Draw water for the siege;
strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
strengthen your forts;
go into the clay;
tread the mortar;
take hold of the brick mold!
Hab 1:10 At kings they scoff,
and at rulers they laugh.
They laugh at every fortress,
for they pile up earth and take it.
and at rulers they laugh.
They laugh at every fortress,
for they pile up earth and take it.
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