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Lexicon :: Strong's H4676 - maṣṣēḇâ

Aa
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).
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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 BoxGen 28:18 - So Jacob H3290 rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning, H1242 and took H3947 the stone H68 that he had put H7760 [fn]under his head H4763 and set H7760 it up as a pillar H4676 and poured H3332 oil H8081 on its top. H7218

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:22 - “This H2088 stone, H68 which H834 I have set H7760 up as a pillar, H4676 will be God’s H430 house, H1004 and of all H3605 that You give H5414 me I will surely H6237 give H6237 a tenth H6237 to You.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:13 - ‘I am the God H410 of Bethel, H1008 where H834 H8033 you anointed H4886 a pillar, H4676 where H834 H8033 you made H5087 a vow H5088 to Me; now H6258 arise, H6965 [fn]leave H3318 this H2088 land, H776 and return H7725 to the land H776 of your birth.’” H4138

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:45 - Then Jacob H3290 took H3947 a stone H68 and set H7311 it up as a pillar. H4676

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51 - Laban H3837 said H559 to Jacob, H3290 “Behold H2009 this H2088 heap H1530 and behold H2009 the pillar H4676 which H834 I have set H3384 between H996 [fn]you and me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:52 - “This H2088 heap H1530 is a witness, H5707 and the pillar H4676 is a witness, H5713 that I will not pass H5674 by this H2088 heap H1530 to you for harm, and you will not pass H5674 by this H2088 heap H1530 and this H2088 pillar H4676 to me, for harm. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:14 - Jacob H3290 set H5324 up a pillar H4676 in the place H4725 where H834 He had spoken H1696 with him, a pillar H4676 of stone, H68 and he poured H5258 out a drink H5262 offering H5262 on it; he also poured H3332 oil H8081 on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:20 - Jacob H3290 set H5324 up a pillar H4676 over H5921 her grave; H6900 that is the pillar H4676 of Rachel’s H7354 grave H6900 to this day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:24 - “You shall not worship H7812 their gods, H430 nor H3808 serve H5647 them, nor H3808 do H6213 according to their deeds; H4639 but you shall utterly H2040 overthrow H2040 them and break H7665 their sacred pillars H4676 in pieces. H7665

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - Moses H4872 wrote H3789 down H3789 all H3605 the words H1697 of the LORD. H3068 Then he arose H7925 early H7925 in the morning, H1242 and built H1129 an altar H4196 [fn]at the foot H8478 of the mountain H2022 with twelve H8147 H6240 pillars H4676 for the twelve H8147 H6240 tribes H7626 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:13 - “But rather, you are to tear H5422 down H5422 their altars H4196 and smash H7665 their sacred pillars H4676 and cut H3772 down H3772 their [fn]Asherim H842

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - ‘You shall not make H6213 for yourselves [fn]idols, H457 nor H3808 shall you set H6965 up for yourselves an image H6459 or a sacred pillar, H4676 nor H3808 shall you place H5414 a figured H4906 stone H68 in your land H776 to bow H7812 down H7812 [fn]to it; for I am the LORD H3068 your God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:5 - “But thus H3541 you shall do H6213 to them: you shall tear H5422 down H5422 their altars, H4196 and smash H7665 their sacred pillars, H4676 and hew H1438 down H1438 their [fn]Asherim, H842 and burn H8313 their graven H6456 images H6456 with fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:3 - “You shall tear H5422 down H5422 their altars H4196 and smash H7665 their sacred pillars H4676 and burn H8313 their [fn]Asherim H842 with fire, H784 and you shall cut H1438 down H1438 the engraved H6456 images H6456 of their gods H430 and obliterate H6 their name H8034 from that place. H4725

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:22 - “You shall not set H6965 up for yourself a sacred pillar H4676 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 hates. H8130

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - For they also H1571 built H1129 for themselves high H1116 places H1116 and sacred pillars H4676 and [fn]Asherim H842 on every H3605 high H1364 hill H1389 and beneath H8478 every H3605 luxuriant H7488 tree. H6086

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:2 - He did H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD, H3068 though H7534 not like his father H1 and his mother; H517 for he put H5493 away H5493 the sacred pillar H4676 of Baal H1168 which H834 his father H1 had made. H6213

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:26 - They brought H3318 out the sacred pillars H4676 of the house H1004 of Baal H1168 and burned H8313 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:27 - They also broke H5422 down H5422 the sacred pillar H4676 of Baal H1168 and broke H5422 down H5422 the house H1004 of Baal, H1168 and made H7760 it a latrine H4280 to this day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - They set H5324 for themselves sacred pillars H4676 and [fn]Asherim H842 on every H3605 high H1364 hill H1389 and under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree, H6086

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:4 - He removed H5493 the high H1116 places H1116 and broke H7665 down H7665 the sacred pillars H4676 and cut H3772 down H3772 the [fn]Asherah. H842 He also broke H3807 in pieces H3807 the bronze H5178 serpent H5175 that Moses H4872 had made, H6213 for until H5704 those H1992 days H3117 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 burned H6999 incense H6999 to it; and it was called H7121 [fn]Nehushtan. H5180

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:14 - He broke H7665 in pieces H7665 the sacred pillars H4676 and cut H3772 down H3772 the Asherim H842 and filled H4390 their places H4725 with human H120 bones. H6106

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:3 - for he removed H5493 the foreign H5236 altars H4196 and high H1116 places, H1116 tore H7665 down H7665 the sacred pillars, H4676 cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim, H842

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:1 - Now when all H3605 this H2088 was finished, H3615 all H3605 Israel H3478 who were present H4672 went H3318 out to the cities H5892 of Judah, H3063 broke H7665 the pillars H4676 in pieces, H7665 cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim H842 and pulled H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars H4196 throughout H4480 all H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin, H1144 as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh, H4519 [fn]until H5704 they had destroyed H3615 them all. H3615 Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to their cities, H5892 each H376 to his possession. H272

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:19 - In that day H3117 there will be an altar H4196 to the LORD H3068 in the midst H8432 of the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 and a pillar H4676 to the LORD H3068 near H681 its border. H1366

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:13 - “He will also shatter H7665 the [fn]obelisks H4676 of [fn]Heliopolis, H1053 which H834 is in the land H776 of Egypt; H4714 and the temples H1004 of the gods H430 of Egypt H4714 he will burn H8313 with fire.”’” H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:11 - “With the hoofs H6541 of his horses H5483 he will trample H7429 all H3605 your streets. H2351 He will slay H2026 your people H5971 with the sword; H2719 and your strong H5797 pillars H4676 will come H3381 down H3381 to the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 will remain H3427 for many H7227 days H3117 without H369 king H4428 or prince, H8269 without H369 sacrifice H2077 or sacred pillar H4676 and without H369 ephod H646 or [fn]household H8655 idols. H8655

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:1 - Israel H3478 is a [fn]luxuriant H1238 vine; H1612
He produces H7737 fruit H6529 for himself.
The more H7230 his fruit, H6529
The more H7235 altars H4196 he made; H7235
The [fn]richer H2896 his land, H776
The better H3190 [fn]he made H3190 the sacred pillars. H4676

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:2 - Their heart H3820 is [fn]faithless; H2505
Now H6258 they must bear H816 their guilt. H816
[fn]The LORD will break H6202 down H6202 their altars H4196
And destroy H7703 their sacred pillars. H4676

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:13 - “I will cut H3772 off H3772 your carved H6456 images H6456
And your sacred pillars H4676 from among H7130 you,
So that you will no H3808 longer H5750 bow H7812 down H7812
To the work H4639 of your hands. H3027
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