מָצוֹדmâtsôwd
מָצוֺד: in plural, dubious, usually siege-works, read מְצוּרִים (Ecclesiastes 9:14)
Pronunciation: maw-tsode' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4685
Meanings
מָצוֺד: hunting implement, specifically net, only figurative (Proverbs 12:12; Job 19:5; Ecclesiastes 7:26)
מְצוֺדָה: net (Ecclesiastes 9:12; Ezekiel 19:9)
מְצוֺדָה: fastness, stronghold (Isaiah 29:7; Ezekiel 19:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Job 19:6 But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in his net.
- Proverbs 12:12 Thieves are jealous of each other’s loot, but the godly are well rooted and bear their own fruit.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 I discovered that a seductive woman is a trap more bitter than death. Her passion is a snare, and her soft hands are chains. Those who are pleasing to God will escape her, but sinners will be caught in her snare.
- Ecclesiastes 9:12 People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.
- Ecclesiastes 9:14 There was a small town with only a few people, and a great king came with his army and besieged it.
- Isaiah 29:7 All the nations fighting against Jerusalem will vanish like a dream! Those who are attacking her walls will vanish like a vision in the night.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).