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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 -

So Jacob rose early in the morning and took the stone that he had put [fn]under his head and set it up as a pillar H4676 and poured oil on its top.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:22 - “Now this stone, which I have set up as a pillar H4676, will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - ‘I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar H4676, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, [fn]leave this land, and return to the land of your kin.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:45 - Then Jacob took a stone and raised it up as a pillar H4676.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:51

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51 - And Laban said to Jacob, “Behold this heap and behold the pillar H4676 which I have set between [fn]you and me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:52

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - “This heap is a witness, and the pillar H4676 is a witness, that I will not pass by this heap to you for harm, and you will not pass by this heap and this pillar H4676 to me for harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - And Jacob set up a pillar H4676 in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar H4676 of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:20 - And Jacob set up a pillar H4676 over her grave; that is the pillar H4676 of Rachel’s grave to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - “You shall not worship their gods, you shall not serve them, and you shall not do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly pull them down and shatter their sacred pillars H4676 in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote down all the words of Yahweh. Then he arose early in the morning and built an altar [fn]at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars H4676 for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:13 - “But rather, you are to tear down their altars and shatter their sacred pillars H4676 and cut down their [fn]Asherim

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 -

‘You shall not make for yourselves [fn]idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves a graven image or a sacred pillar H4676, nor shall you [fn]place a carved stone in your land to bow down [fn]to it; for I am Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - “But thus you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars and shatter their sacred pillars H4676 and cut their [fn]Asherim in pieces and burn their graven images with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - “And you shall tear down their altars and shatter their sacred pillars H4676 and burn their [fn]Asherim with fire, and you shall cut the graven images of their gods in pieces and destroy their name from that place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:22 - “And you shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar H4676 which Yahweh your God hates.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - They also built for themselves high places and sacred pillars H4676 and [fn]Asherim on every high hill and beneath every green tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, though not like his father and his mother; and he took away the sacred pillar H4676 of Baal which his father had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - And they brought out the sacred pillars H4676 of the house of Baal and burned them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - They also broke down the sacred pillar H4676 of Baal and broke down the house of Baal and made it a latrine to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - And they set for themselves sacred pillars H4676 and [fn]Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He took away the high places and shattered the sacred pillars H4676 and cut down the [fn]Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel were burning incense to it; and it was called [fn]Nehushtan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:14 - And he broke in pieces the sacred pillars H4676 and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - for he removed the foreign altars and high places, shattered the sacred pillars H4676, cut the [fn]Asherim in pieces,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 -

Now when all this was completed, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, shattered the pillars H4676, cut the [fn]Asherim in pieces, and tore down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until the destruction was completed. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession.

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In that day there will be an altar to Yahweh in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar H4676 to Yahweh near its border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13 - “He will also shatter the [fn]sacred pillars H4676 of [fn]Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:11 - “With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword; and your strong pillars H4676 will come down to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar H4676, and without ephod or [fn]household idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1 -

Israel is a [fn]luxuriant vine;

He produces fruit for himself.

The more abundant his fruit,

The more altars he abounded;

The better his land,

The better [fn]he made the sacred pillars H4676.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:2 -

Their heart is [fn]faithless;

Now they must bear their guilt.

[fn]Yahweh will break down their altars

And destroy their sacred pillars H4676.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:13 -

“And I will cut off your graven images

And your sacred pillars H4676 from among you

So that you will no longer worship

The work of your hands.

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