Strong's Hebrew · H4676
H4676 matstsêbâh
מַצֵּבָה
mats-tsay-baw'
pillar
Looking for Greek G4676 soudárion? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4676. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
matstsêbâh appears 32 times in Scripture, including Genesis 28:18 and Exodus 23:24. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
In the King James Version
garrison, (standing) image, pillar.
Derivation
feminine (causatively) participle of H5324 (נָצַב);
Appears 32 times in Scripture
“I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’””
“Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.”
“Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.”
“This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.”
“Early the next morning, Jacob took the stone that he had placed under his head, and he set it up as a pillar. He poured oil on top of it,”
“Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.”
“You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.”
“So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.”
“So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar,”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
