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== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197881" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197881" /> == | ||
<p> 2 Samuel 22:2 (a) This describes a blessed hiding place in | <p> 2 Samuel 22:2 (a) This describes a blessed hiding place in GOD, which the believer enjoys when he goes to the Lord in prayer and commits his case into His hands. (See also Psalm 18:2; Psalm 31:3; Psalm 71:3; Psalm 91:2; Psalm 144:2; Jeremiah 16:19). </p> <p> Jeremiah 6:27 (a) GOD promised to Jeremiah that he would be a strong and fearless witness which his enemies could not overcome. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60259" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60259" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> FOR'TRESS, n. </p> 1. Any fortified place a fort a castle a strong hold a place of defense or security. The English have a strong fortress on the rock of Gibraltar, or that rock is a fortress. 2. [[Defense]] safety security <p> The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. Psalms 18 . </p> <p> FOR'TRESS, To furnish with fortresses to guard to fortify. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_123523" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_123523" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A fortified place; a large and permanent fortification, sometimes including a town; a fort; a castle; a stronghold; a place of defense or security. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40576" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40576" /> == | ||
<p> the rendering in the | <p> the rendering in the A.V. of the following [[Hebrew]] terms: '''''מָצוֹר''''' , ''Matsor''' (from its ''Intrenchment), Fortification,'' Jeremiah 10:17 (elsewhere "bulwark," "fenced city," etc.). '''''מַצוּדָה''''' , ''Metsudah''' (from its ''Security),'' a ''Castle,'' espec. poet., 2 Samuel 17:2; Psalms 18:2-3; Psalms 71:3; Psalms 91:3; Psalms 144:2 (elsewhere usually "stronghold"). </p> <p> '''''מַבְצָר''''' , ''Mibtsar''' (as being ''Inaccessible), A Fortified Place,'' Isaiah 18:3; Isaiah 25:12; Isaiah 34:13; Hosea 10:14; Amos 5:9 (elsewhere "fenced city" [q.v.], "stronghold," etc.). '''''מָעוֹז''''' , ''Maoz''' (from its ''Strength),'' a ''Stronghold,'' Jeremiah 16:19; Daniel 11:7; Daniel 11:10 (elsewhere "strength," etc.). SEE [[Fortification]] </p> | ||
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