miv.tsar denotes a defended city, stronghold, or other fortified place, and can portray a person as protected like such a city.

The term most often denotes a defended settlement or stronghold, whether a city to which people flee, a place under siege, or defenses that are destroyed. A small number of passages apply the image figuratively to a person made like a fortified city or placed as a fortification among the people.

1. Defended city or stronghold · dominant

   The singular and plural noun forms identify places marked by defense: survivors reach them in Joshua 10:20, people are summoned to enter them in Jeremiah 4:5, and Babylon fights the remaining such cities in Jeremiah 34:7. In Nahum 3:14 the APB renders the clause "strengthen your fortifications," while Habakkuk 1:10 describes an invader that heaps up dust and captures each one.

   Joshua 10:20Jeremiah 4:5Jeremiah 34:7Nahum 3:14Habakkuk 1:102 Kings 8:12
2. Figurative fortified protection · rare

   In Jeremiah 1:18 the singular noun stands with "an iron pillar" and "bronze walls" as the APB renders the speaker's being made "a fortified city" against Judah's leaders and people. In Jeremiah 6:27, the same singular absolute form occurs in the appointment of an assayer among the people; the APB renders the phrase "an assayer I have given you among my people, a fortification," so the precise contribution is less explicit but remains within the defensive image.

   Jeremiah 1:18Jeremiah 6:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses the APB commonly uses "fortified city," "fortifications," and "strongholds," and also uses "citadels" in Isaiah 34:13. These renderings show the verses' defensive-place imagery rather than a fixed English equivalent in every occurrence.