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Lexicon :: Strong's H4676 - maṣṣēḇâ

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מַצֵּבָה
Transliteration
maṣṣēḇâ
Pronunciation
mats-tsay-baw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
(causatively) participle of נָצַב (H5324)
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TWOT Reference: 1398g

Strong’s Definitions

מַצֵּבָה matstsêbâh, mats-tsay-baw'; feminine (causatively) participle of H5324; something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol:—garrison, (standing) image, pillar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H4676 in the following manner: image (19x), pillar (12x), garrisons (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H4676 in the following manner: image (19x), pillar (12x), garrisons (1x).

  1. pillar, mastaba, stump

    1. pillar

      1. as monument, personal memorial

      2. with an altar

    2. stock, stump (of tree)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַצֵּבָה matstsêbâh, mats-tsay-baw'; feminine (causatively) participle of H5324; something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol:—garrison, (standing) image, pillar.
STRONGS H4676: Abbreviations
† מַצֵּבָה, [H4678 מַצֶּ֫בֶת] noun feminine pillar, maṣṣēbā, stump; — absolute מַצֵּבָה Hosea 3:4 +,מַצֶּ֫בֶת [H4678 2 Samuel 18:18a] (read הַמּ׳ Greek Version of the LXX Dr Bu Kit), [H4678 2 Samuel 18:18b Isaiah 6:13], construct מַצְּבַת 2 Kings 3:2; 2 Kings 10:27, מַצֶּ֫בֶת [H4678 Genesis 35:14, Genesis 35:20; suffix מַצַּבְתָּהּ H4678 Isaiah 6:13]; plural absolute מַצֵּבוֺת 1 Kings 14:28, construct מַצְּבוֺת 2 Kings 10:26, etc.; —
1.
a. pillar, as monument, personal memorial 2 Samuel 18:18 (twice in verse).
b. a stone, set up (שׂים, הציב), and anointed as memorial of divine appearance Genesis 28:18, 22; Genesis 31:13 (all E), Genesis 35:14 (J); so also Genesis 33:20 (E), where insert מ׳, or read מ׳ for MT מִזְבֵּחַ (We Di NowArchaeology ii.18), set up (שׂים), הרים, חציב in token of an agreement Genesis 31:45, 51, 52 (twice in verse) (all E); over grave Genesis 35:20 (twice in verse).
c. especially of sacred stones or pillars in connection with altar, erected (בנה) by Moses Exodus 24:4 (E; 12 pillars), Hosea 3:4; Hosea 10:1, 2; Isaiah 19:19; conjecture also 2 Kings 12:10 for MT מִזְבֵּחַ StaZAW v (1885), 296 NowArchaeology l.c., but dubious, see Benzon the passage; (usually + אֲשֵׁרִים etc.): of Canaanites Exodus 23:24 (E), Exodus 34:13 (J), Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 12:3 compare הַבַּלְַ מ׳ 2 Kings 3:2; 2 Kings 10:26, 27; Tyre, עֻזֵּךְ מ׳, Ezekiel 26:11, of obelisks of Heliopolis in Egypt; condemned for Israel by Deuteronomic code, and Deuteronomist redaction of Kings: Deuteronomy 16:22; 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:10; 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 23:14; 2 Chronicles 14:2; 2 Chronicles 31:1; compare Micah 5:12; Leviticus 26:1 (H). — On maṣṣēbā see further NowArchaeology ii.18 f. BenzArchaeology 380 f. DrDeuteronomy 16:21f. WeSkizzen iii. 99, 165 RSSem. i. 184 ff. 437. f; 2d ed. 204 ff. 456 f.; K. 50. **On this see also LagrangeÉtudes Bibl. 197 ff. and review by BauZMG lvii (1903), 830; also GFMEB MASSEBAH StaBib. Theol. i. § 55 OCWhitehouseHast. DB PILLAR. —
[H5324 Judges 9:6] see [נָצַב] Hoph.]
2. stock, stump of tree Isaiah 6:13a (in simile), so Isaiah 6:13b (figurative; but probably strike out as gloss).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

28:18; 28:22; 31:13; 31:45; 31:51; 31:52; 33:20; 35:14; 35:20

Exodus

23:24; 24:4; 34:13

Leviticus

26:1

Deuteronomy

7:5; 12:3; 16:21; 16:22

2 Samuel

18:18

1 Kings

14:28

2 Kings

3:2; 3:2; 10:26; 10:26; 10:27; 10:27; 12:10; 14:23; 17:10; 18:4; 23:14

2 Chronicles

14:2; 31:1

Isaiah

6:13; 6:13; 19:19

Ezekiel

26:11

Hosea

3:4; 3:4; 10:1; 10:2

Micah

5:12

H4676

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4676 matches the Hebrew מַצֵּבָה (maṣṣēḇâ),
which occurs 32 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:18 - And Jacob riseth early in the morning, and taketh the stone which he hath made his pillows, and maketh it a standing pillar, and poureth oil upon its top,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:22 - then this stone which I have made a standing pillar is a house of God, and all that Thou dost give to me -- tithing I tithe to Thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - I am the God of Bethel where thou hast anointed a standing pillar, where thou hast vowed a vow to me; now, arise, go out from this land, and turn back unto the land of thy birth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:45 - And Jacob taketh a stone, and lifteth it up for a standing pillar;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:51

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51 - And Laban saith to Jacob, 'Lo, this heap, and lo, the standing pillar which I have cast between me and thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - this heap is witness, and the standing pillar is witness, that I do not pass over this heap unto thee, and that thou dost not pass over this heap and this standing pillar unto me -- for evil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - And Jacob setteth up a standing pillar in the place where He hath spoken with him, a standing pillar of stone, and he poureth on it an oblation, and he poureth on it oil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:20 - and Jacob setteth up a standing pillar over her grave; which is the standing pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - 'Thou dost not bow thyself to their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their doings, but dost utterly devote them, and thoroughly break their standing pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses writeth all the words of Jehovah, and riseth early in the morning, and buildeth an altar under the hill, and twelve standing pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:13 - for their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and its shrines ye cut down;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - 'Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I am Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - 'But thus thou dost to them: their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and their shrines ye cut down, and their graven images ye burn with fire;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - and ye have broken down their altars, and shivered their standing pillars, and their shrines ye burn with fire, and graven images of their gods ye cut down, and have destroyed their name out of that place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:22 - and thou dost not raise up to thee any standing image which Jehovah thy God is hating.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - And they build -- also they -- for themselves high places, and standing-pillars, and shrines, on every high height, and under every green tree;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - and doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, only not like his father, and like his mother, and he turneth aside the standing-pillar of Baal that his father made;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - and break down the standing-pillar of Baal, and break down the house of Baal, and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - and set up for them standing-pillars and shrines on every high height, and under every green tree,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - he hath turned aside the high places, and broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrine, and beaten down the brazen serpent that Moses made, for unto these days were the sons of Israel making perfume to it, and he calleth it 'a piece of brass.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:14 - And he hath broken in pieces the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines, and filleth their place with bones of men;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - and turneth aside the altars of the stranger, and the high places, and breaketh the standing-pillars, and cutteth down the shrines,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - And at the completion of all this, gone out have all Israel who are found present to the cities of Judah, and break the standing-pillars, and cut down the shrines, and break down the high places and the altars, out of all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Manasseh, even to completion, and all the sons of Israel turn back, each to his Possession, to their cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:19 - In that day there is an altar to Jehovah In the midst of the land of Egypt, And a standing pillar near its border to Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13 - and he hath broken the standing pillars of the house of the sun, that is in the land of Egypt, and the houses of the gods of Egypt he doth burn with fire.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:11 - With hoofs of his horses he treadeth all thine out-places, Thy people by sword he doth slay, And the pillars of thy strength to the earth come down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For many days remain do the sons of Israel without a king, and there is no prince, and there is no sacrifice, and there is no standing pillar, and there is no ephod and teraphim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1 - 'An empty vine is Israel, Fruit he maketh like to himself, According to the abundance of his fruit, He hath multiplied for the altars, According to the goodness of his land, They have made goodly standing-pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:2 - Their heart hath been divided, now they are guilty, He doth break down their altars, He doth destroy their standing-pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:13 - And I have cut off thy graven images, And thy standing-pillars out of thy midst, And thou dost not bow thyself any more To the work of thy hands.
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