Strong H4676מַצֵּבָה

pillar

Transliteration
matstsêbâh
Pronunciation
mats-tsay-baw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine (causative) participle of H5324; something {stationed} that {is} a column or (memorial stone); by analogy an idol: - {garrison} (standing) {image} pillar.

Detailed definition

1) pillar, mastaba, stump
1a) pillar
1a1) as monument, personal memorial
1a2) with an altar
1b)(Hoph) stock, stump (of tree)

In the Bible

Strong H4676 appears in 31 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • image19
  • pillar12
  • garrison1

First verses

  1. Genesis 28:18
    And 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.
  2. Genesis 28:22
    And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
  3. Genesis 31:13
    I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
  4. Genesis 31:45
    And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
  5. Genesis 31:51
    And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
  6. Genesis 31:52
    This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
  7. Genesis 35:14
    And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
  8. Genesis 35:20
    And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
  9. Exodus 23:24
    Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
  10. Exodus 24:4
    And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
  11. Exodus 34:13
    But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
  12. Leviticus 26:1
    Ye 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.
  13. Deuteronomy 7:5
    But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
  14. Deuteronomy 12:3
    And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
  15. Deuteronomy 16:22
    Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God hateth.
  16. 1 Kings 14:23
    For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
  17. 2 Kings 3:2
    And he wrought evil in the sight of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
  18. 2 Kings 10:26
    And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
  19. 2 Kings 10:27
    And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
  20. 2 Kings 17:10
    And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
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