Definition

a fastness (as a covert of ambush)

Etymology

or מְצָד; or (feminine) מְצָדָה; from H6679 (צוּד);

Where the KJV renders it

• castle
• fort
• (strong) hold
• munition

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.

What the first audience heard

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