STRONGS H4676:
Abbreviations
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מַצֵּבָה, [
H4678 מַצֶּ֫בֶת]
noun feminine pillar,
maṣṣēbā,
stump; — absolute
מַצֵּבָה Hosea 3:4 +,
מַצֶּ֫בֶת [
H4678 2 Samuel 18:18a] (read
הַמּ׳ Dr Bu Kit), [
H4678 2 Samuel 18:18b Isaiah 6:13], construct
מַצְּבַת 2 Kings 3:2;
2 Kings 10:27,
מַצֶּ֫בֶת [
H4678 Genesis 35:14,
Genesis 35:20; suffix
מַצַּבְתָּהּ H4678 Isaiah 6:13]; plural absolute
מַצֵּבוֺת 1 Kings 14:28, construct
מַצְּבוֺת 2 Kings 10:26, etc.; —
1.
a. pillar, as monument, personal memorial 2 Samuel 18:18 (twice in verse).
b. a stone, set up (שׂים, הציב), and anointed as memorial of divine appearance Genesis 28:18, 22; Genesis 31:13 (all E), Genesis 35:14 (J); so also Genesis 33:20 (E), where insert מ׳, or read מ׳ for MT מִזְבֵּחַ (We Di NowArchaeology ii.18), set up (שׂים), הרים, חציב in token of an agreement Genesis 31:45, 51, 52 (twice in verse) (all E); over grave Genesis 35:20 (twice in verse).
c. especially of sacred stones or pillars in connection with altar, erected (
בנה) by Moses
Exodus 24:4 (E; 12 pillars),
Hosea 3:4;
Hosea 10:1,
2;
Isaiah 19:19; conjecture also
2 Kings 12:10 for MT
מִזְבֵּחַ Sta
ZAW v (1885), 296 Now
Archaeology l.c., but dubious, see Benz
on the passage; (usually +
אֲשֵׁרִים etc.): of Canaanites
Exodus 23:24 (E),
Exodus 34:13 (J),
Deuteronomy 7:5;
Deuteronomy 12:3 compare
הַבַּלְַ מ׳ 2 Kings 3:2;
2 Kings 10:26,
27; Tyre,
עֻזֵּךְ מ׳,
Ezekiel 26:11, of obelisks of Heliopolis in Egypt; condemned for Israel by Deuteronomic code, and Deuteronomist redaction of Kings:
Deuteronomy 16:22;
2 Kings 14:23;
2 Kings 17:10;
2 Kings 18:4;
2 Kings 23:14;
2 Chronicles 14:2;
2 Chronicles 31:1; compare
Micah 5:12;
Leviticus 26:1 (H). — On
maṣṣēbā see further Now
Archaeology ii.18 f. Benz
Archaeology 380 f. Dr
Deuteronomy 16:21f. We
Skizzen iii. 99, 165 RS
Sem. i. 184 ff. 437. f; 2d ed. 204 ff. 456 f.; K. 50.
**On this see also Lagrange
Études Bibl. 197 ff. and review by Bau
ZMG lvii (1903), 830; also GFM
EB MASSEBAH Sta
Bib. Theol. i. § 55 OCWhitehouse
Hast. DB PILLAR. —
[H5324 Judges 9:6] see [נָצַב] Hoph.]
2. stock, stump of tree Isaiah 6:13a (in simile), so Isaiah 6:13b (figurative; but probably strike out as gloss).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
28:18; 28:22; 31:13; 31:45; 31:51; 31:52; 33:20; 35:14; 35:20
Exodus
23:24; 24:4; 34:13
Leviticus
26:1
Deuteronomy
7:5; 12:3; 16:21; 16:22
2 Samuel
18:18
1 Kings
14:28
2 Kings
3:2; 3:2; 10:26; 10:26; 10:27; 10:27; 12:10; 14:23; 17:10; 18:4; 23:14
2 Chronicles
14:2; 31:1
Isaiah
6:13; 6:13; 19:19
Ezekiel
26:11
Hosea
3:4; 3:4; 10:1; 10:2
Micah
5:12