H4678 - מַצֶּבֶת (matstsebeth)

H4678 מַצֶּבֶת (matstsebeth) mats-tseh'-beth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

pillar

Strong's Definition

something stationary, i.e. a monumental stone; also the stock of atree

Derivation: from H5324 (נָצַב);

KJV Usage: pillar, substance.

TWOT Reference: 1398g

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) pillar, mastaba, stump

1a) pillar

1a1) as monument, personal memorial

1a2) with an altar

1b) (Hoph) stock, stump (of tree)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2336

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַצֶּבֶת matstsebeth BDB Definition: 1) pillar, mastaba, stump 1a) pillar 1a1) as monument, personal memorial 1a2) with an altar 1b) (Hophal) stock, stump (of tree) Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5324 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1398g Total KJV Occurrences: 6

Bible Occurrences (4)

35:14 35:20

18:18

6:13

Genesis 35:14

So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where [God] had spoken with him— a stone marker— and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it... with oil.

Genesis 35:20

Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.

2 Samuel 18:18

During his lifetime -, Absalom... had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, I have no... son to preserve the memory of my name. So he gave the pillar... his name, and to this day it is called... Absalom’s Monument.

Isaiah 6:13

And though a tenth [remains] in [the land], it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump [in the land].