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Strong's #4676 - מַצֵּבָה
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- pillar, mastaba, stump
- pillar
- as monument, personal memorial
- with an altar
- 1b)(Hoph) stock, stump (of tree)
- pillar
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2426) byn (נתסב NTsB) AC: Stand CO: Pillar AB: ?: The firm standing of a pillar. [from: by- as a wall standing firm and erect]
V) byn (נתסב NTsB) - Stand: To stand erect. Also to set in place. KJV (75): (vf: Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal) stand, set, officer, upright, appoint, deputy, erect, establish - Strongs: H5324 (נָצַב)
am) bym (מנתסב MNTsB) - Standing: [df: bum] KJV (10): stood - Strongs: H4673 (מַצָּב)
af1 ) ebynm (מנתסבה MNTsBH) - Pil KJV (32): image, pillar, garrison - Strongs: H4676 (מַצֵּבָה)
af2 ) tbynm (מנתסבת MNTsBT) - Pil KJV (6): pillar, substance - Strongs: H4678 (מַצֶּבֶת)
bm ) biyn (נתסיב NTsYB) - Pil KJV (12): pillar - Strongs: H5333 (נְצִב)
em ) byin (ניתסב NYTsB) - Haft: The handle of a sword or knife which the blade is set into. KJV (1): haft - Strongs: H5325 (נִצָּב)
ef1) ebyin (ניתסבה NYTsBH) - Firmness: [Aramaic only] KJV (1): strength - Strongs: H5326 (נִצְבָּה)
kom) byfnm (מנותסב MNWTsB) - Tower: As standing tall and firm. [df: bum] KJV (1): mount - Strongs: H4674 (מֻצָּב)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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 ᵑ0מִזְבֵּחַ (We Di Now Archaeology 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; 12pillars), Hosea 3:4; Hosea 10:1,2; Isaiah 19:19; conjecture also 2 Kings 12:10 for ᵑ0מִזְבֵּחַ Sta ZAW v (1885), 296 Now Archaeology l.c., but dubious, see Benz on 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 maƒƒ¢b¹ see further Now Archaeology ii.18f. Benz Archaeology 380f. Dr Deuteronomy 16:21f. We Skizzen iii.99,165 RS Sem.i.184ff. 437.f; 2 d ed. 204ff. 456f.; K. 50. ** On this see also LagrangeÉtudes Bibl. 197 ff. and review by Bau ZMG lvii (1903), 830; also GFM EB MASSEBAH Sta Bib. Theol. i. § 55 OCWhitehouse Hast. DB PILLAR. — Judges 9:6 see [ נָצַב] Hoph`al 2. stock, stump of tree Isaiah 6:13 a (in simile), so Isaiah 6:13 b (figurative; but probably strike out as gloss).
מַצֵּבָה f. const. מַצְּבַת (from the root נָצַב) something set upright, specially
(a) a pillar, Genesis 28:18, 22 Genesis 28:22; Exodus 24:4.
(b) a statue, the image of an idol, e.g. מַצְּבַת הַבַּעַל the statue of Baal, 2 Kings 3:2, 10:26 18:4 23:14 Micah 5:12; Hosea 10:1.