KJV dictionary & concordance

siege

Meaning of “siege”

The surrounding and investing of a city or fortified place by an army to attack it, cut it off, and compel its surrender.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

17 occurrences17 verses9 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 20:19

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “siege”

KJV PCE

Deuteronomy 20:19

Verse study ↗Bible reader ↗

¶ When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 20:19 · retained source text

¶ When thou shalt besiege a citie a long time, in making warre against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof, by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eate of them, and thou shalt not cut them downe ( for the tree of the field is mans life) to employ them in the siege.

1611 marginal noteOr, for, O man the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege.

1611 marginal noteHeb. to goe from before thee.

Deuteronomy 28:53

Verse study ↗Bible reader ↗

And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:53 · retained source text

And thou shalt eate the fruit of thine owne body, the flesh of thy sonnes, and of thy daughters (which the LORD thy God hath giuen thee) in the siege, and in the straitnesse wherewith thine enemies shall distresse thee.

1611 marginal noteHebr. belly.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.29. 2.king. 6.29. lam. 4.10. baruc. 2.3.

Deuteronomy 28:55

Verse study ↗Bible reader ↗

So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:55 · retained source text

So that he wil not giue to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eate: because hee hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitnesse wherewith thine enemies shal distresse thee, in all thy gates.

Deuteronomy 28:57

Verse study ↗Bible reader ↗

And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:57 · retained source text

And towards her yong one that commeth out from betweene her feete, and towards her children which shee shall beare: for shee shall eate them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitnes, wherewith thine enemie shall distresse thee in thy gates.

1611 marginal noteHebr. after-birth.