Strong's Hebrew · H4676
מַצֵּבָה
matstsêbâh · mats-tsay-baw'
Definitionsomething stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
Derivationfeminine (causatively) participle of H5324 (נָצַב);
KJV usagegarrison, (standing) image, pillar.
Occurrences32 in the KJV · 31 verses
מַצֵּבָה in Scripture
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.
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.
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.
Genesis 31:45
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
Genesis 31:51
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
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.
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.
Genesis 35:20
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel' s grave unto this day.
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.
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.
Exodus 34:13
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
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.
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