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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.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
17 occurrences17 verses9 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 20:19

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Jeremiah 19:9
And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 19:9 · retained source text

And I will cause them to eate the flesh of their sonnes and the flesh of their daughters, and they shal eate euery one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitnesse, wherewith their enemies, and they that seeke their liues, shall straiten them.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.29. deu. 28.53. lam.4.10.

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The setting of an army around or before a fortified place to attack it and compel the garrison to surrender.

volume 2, leaf 594, column 1 (main_dictionary)