STRONGS NUMBER H4693


Word Summary
Matsor: a country Southwest of the Red Sea
Original Word: מָצוֹר
Transliteration: Matsor
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-tsore')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a country Southwest of the Red Sea
Meaning: Egypt -- a country Southwest of the Red Sea
Strong's Concordance
besieged places, defense, fortified

The same as matsowr in the sense of a limit; Egypt (as the border of Palestine) -- besieged places, defense, fortified.

see HEBREW matsowr

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4693. Matsor

מָצוֺרproper name, of a territory = מִצְרַיִם‎; only in poetry: מ ׳יֶאֹרֵיIsaiah 19:6; 2 Kings 19:24 = Isaiah 37:25; מ וְעָרֵי ׳אַשּׁוּד מ ׳וּלְמִנִּי נָהָר וְעַד לְמִנִּי יָבוֺא וְעָדֶיךָMicah 7:12 (ᵐ5‎ misunderstands everywhere).