This is the name of the place Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus.
Definition
the same as H4692 in the sense of a limit; Egypt (as the border of Palestine)
Traditional renderings: besieged places, defense, fortified.
Traditional renderings: besieged places, defense, fortified.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
5 total
- 2 Kings 19:24מָצֽוֹר׃ · of EgyptI have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
- Isaiah 19:6מָצ֑וֹר · of EgyptThe canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
- Isaiah 37:25מָצֽוֹר׃ · of EgyptI have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
- Micah 7:12 (2×)מָצ֑וֹר · of Egypt; מָצוֹר֙ · EgyptOn that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.