Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4676
מַצֵּבָה
mats.tse.vah · “pillar”
Used 32 times across 12 books
Definition
1) pillar, mastaba, stump
1a) pillar
1a1) as monument, personal memorial
1a2) with an altar
1b)(Hoph) stock, stump (of tree)
1a) pillar
1a1) as monument, personal memorial
1a2) with an altar
1b)(Hoph) stock, stump (of tree)
Where it appears
Genesis9
Exodus3
Leviticus1
Deuteronomy3
1 Kings1
2 Kings6
2 Chronicles2
Isaiah1
Jeremiah1
Ezekiel1
Hosea3
Micah1
In the text
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 28:22And 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.Genesis 31:13I 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.Genesis 31:45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.Genesis 31:51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;Genesis 31:52This 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.Genesis 35:14And 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.Genesis 35:20And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.Exodus 23:24Thou 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.Exodus 24:4And 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.
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