H4676 מַצֵּבָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 32 KJV occurrences
מַצֵּבָה
matstsêbâh · mats-tsay-baw'
Definition
something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
KJV Renderings
garrison, (standing) image, pillar.
Derivation / Etymology
feminine (causatively) participle of H5324 (נָצַב);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 32)
- Genesis 28:18And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
- Genesis 31:51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
- Genesis 35:20And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
- Leviticus 26:1Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
- 1 Kings 14:23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
- 2 Kings 17:10And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
- 2 Chronicles 31:1Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- Hosea 3:4For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: