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Garrison
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or denoted by four or five Heb. words from the root נָצִב, natsab', to stand firm or erect (i.q. יָצִב ),
1. מִצָּב matstsab' (fem. מִצָּבָה, matstsabah', 1 Samuel 14:12), a station, i.e., lit. a standing-place (e.g. where the priests stood in Jordan, "place," Joshua 4:3; Joshua 4:9); hence a military or fortified post (e.g. the Philistine camp, 1 Samuel 13:23; 1 Samuel 14:1; 1 Samuel 14:4; 1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 14:11-12; 1 Samuel 14:15; 2 Samuel 23:11-14); metaph. an office or public "station" (Isaiah 22:19).
2. מֻצָּב, mutstsab', a cordon of troops ("mount," Isaiah 29:3; perhaps also "pillar," Judges 9:6).
3. נְצִַיבּ , netsib', properly a praefect or superintendent ("officer," 1 Kings 4:19; 2 Chronicles 8:10); hence a military post (1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Samuel 13:3-4; 2 Samuel 8:6; 2 Samuel 8:14; 1 Chronicles 11:16; 1 Chronicles 18:13; 2 Chronicles 17:2); also a monumental "pilla" (q.v.) or cippus (e.g., a statue of salt, Genesis 19:26; a sense in which some take the word also in 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Samuel 13:3, like the stelae erected by Sesostris in conquered countries in token of subjugation, Herod. 2:102, 106).
4. An improper rendering, Ezekiel 26:11, of מִצְּבָה , smatstsebah', which always designates a standing object, either an architact-tsal or monumental column (usually rendered "pillar;" in the passage of Ezekiel perhaps referring to those of the Tyrian temples; comp. Herod. 2:14), or an idolatrous "image" (q.v.). (See FORTIFICATION).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Garrison'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/g/garrison.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
