Strong H4678מַצֶּבֶת

pillar

Transliteration
matstsebeth
Pronunciation
mats-tseh'-beth
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From H5324; something {stationary} that {is} a monumental stone; also the stock of a tree: - {pillar} substance.

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 H4678 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pillar3
  • substance1

First verses

  1. 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.
  2. Genesis 35:20
    And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
  3. 2 Samuel 18:18
    Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.
  4. Isaiah 6:13
    But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.
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