Definition

a net (for capturing animals or fishes); afastness or (beseiging) tower

Etymology

or (feminine) מְצוֹדָה; or מצֹדָה; from H6679 (צוּד); also (by interchange for H4679 (מְצַד))

Where the KJV renders it

• bulwark
• hold
• munition
• net
• snare

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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