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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Fortify

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

6exact KJV occurrences 6Old Testament 0New Testament 5books containing the word 5mapped Strong's IDs 6occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Judges 9:31

And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Nahum 3:14

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where fortify appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Judges 11 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Isaiah 11 verses Jeremiah 11 verses Nahum 22 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH1219
בָּצַר

bâtsar · baw-tsar'

2 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences

v

to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)

Strong's KJV usage: cut off, (de-) fenced, fortify, (grape) gather(-er), mighty things, restrain, strong, wall (up), withhold.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Isaiah 22:10Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:53

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HebrewH553
אָמַץ

ʼâmats · aw-mats'

1 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences

v

to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage)

Strong's KJV usage: confirm, be courageous (of good courage, stedfastly minded, strong, stronger), establish, fortify, harden, increase, prevail, strengthen (self), make strong (obstinate, speed).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Nahum 2:1Strong's last: Nahum 2:1

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HebrewH2388
חָזַק

châzaq · khaw-zak'

1 times translated as this KJV form288 total Strong's occurrences

v

to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer

Strong's KJV usage: aid, amend, × calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Nahum 3:14Strong's last: Nahum 3:14

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HebrewH6696
צוּר

tsûwr · tsoor

1 times translated as this KJV form38 total Strong's occurrences

v

to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)

Strong's KJV usage: adversary, assault, beset, besiege, bind (up), cast, distress, fashion, fortify, inclose, lay siege, put up in bags.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Judges 9:31Strong's last: Judges 9:31

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Nehemiah 4:2
H5800

And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

fortify

FOR'TIFY, verb transitive

1. To surround with a wall, ditch, palisades or other works, with a view to defend against the attacks of an enemy; to strengthen and secure by forts, batteries and other works of art; as, to fortify a city, town or harbor.

2. To strengthen against any attack; as, to fortify the mind against sudden calamity.

3. To confirm; to add strength and firmness to; as, to fortify an opinion or resolution; to fortify hope or desire.

4. To furnish with strength or means of resisting force, violence or assault.

FOR'TIFY, verb intransitive To raise strong places.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
Webster 1828Historical English dictionary material is reproduced as dictionary data, not as inspired Scripture or TWBC commentary.
Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.