H4690 מָצוּק (mâtsûwq) maw-tsook'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

pillar

Strong's Definition

something narrow, i.e. a column or hilltop

Derivation: or מָצֻק; from H6693 (צוּק);

KJV Usage: pillar, situate.

TWOT Reference: 1896a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) molten support, pillar, column

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מָצוּק (ma.tsuq) — pillar. molten support, pillar, column

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מָצוּק (H4690)

noun m

Constructions

pillar = a tall vertical structure, usually of stone, used as a support for a construction

1SA 2:8

Landforms

pillar literally: pillar; hence: = a steep or rock ◄ shaped like a pillar

1SA 14:5

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מָצוּק] n.m. molten support, pillar base

Bible Occurrences (2)

2:8 14:5

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats [them] among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

1 Samuel 14:5

One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.