Strong’s H4693 · Hebrew

מָצוֹר
mâtsôwr
maw-tsore'

Definition

Egypt (as the border of Palestine)

Etymology

the same as H4692 (מָצוֹר) in the sense of a limit;

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • besieged places
  • defense
  • fortified

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.