מְצַדmᵉtsad

Meanings

Same root

• צוּדtsûwd · H6679to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); to victual (for a journey)
• מָצוֹדmâtsôwd · H4685a net (for capturing animals or fishes); afastness or (beseiging) tower

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

• Judges 6:2 The Midianites were so cruel that the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
• 1 Samuel 23:14 David now stayed in the strongholds of the wilderness and in the hill country of Ziph. Saul hunted him day after day, but God didn’t let Saul find him.
• 1 Samuel 23:19 But now the men of Ziph went to Saul in Gibeah and betrayed David to him. “We know where David is hiding,” they said. “He is in the strongholds of Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, which is in the southern part of Jeshimon.
• 1 Samuel 23:29 David then went to live in the strongholds of En-gedi.
• 1 Chronicles 11:7 David made the fortress his home, and that is why it is called the City of David.
• 1 Chronicles 12:8 Some brave and experienced warriors from the tribe of Gad also defected to David while he was at the stronghold in the wilderness. They were expert with both shield and spear, as fierce as lions and as swift as deer on the mountains.