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מַצֵּבָה H4676
H4676 is the Hebrew word מַצֵּבָה, transliterated matstsêbâh and said mats-tsay-baw'. The King James Version most often renders it images.
What it means
something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol.
Where it comes from
feminine (causatively) participle of H5324 (נָצַב).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 28 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: garrison, (standing) image, pillar.
Verses using מַצֵּבָה
All 27 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 28:18 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 · KJV
I am the God of Bethel, 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 31:51 · KJV
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
Genesis 31:52 · KJV
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 · KJV
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 · KJV
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
Exodus 24:4 · KJV
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 · KJV
But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:
Leviticus 26:1 · KJV
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.
Deuteronomy 7:5 · KJV
But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
Deuteronomy 12:3 · KJV
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
Deuteronomy 16:22 · KJV
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
1 Kings 14:23 · KJV
For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
2 Kings 3:2 · KJV
And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
2 Kings 10:26 · KJV
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
2 Kings 10:27 · KJV
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
2 Kings 17:10 · KJV
And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
2 Kings 18:4 · KJV
He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
2 Kings 23:14 · KJV
And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
2 Chronicles 14:3 · KJV
For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
2 Chronicles 31:1 · KJV
Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
Isaiah 19:19 · KJV
In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
Jeremiah 43:13 · KJV
He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
Ezekiel 26:11 · KJV
With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
Hosea 3:4 · KJV
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
Micah 5:13 · KJV
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4676 mean?
H4676 is the Hebrew word מַצֵּבָה (matstsêbâh), meaning something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol.
How is H4676 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it images (9 times), pillar (8 times), image (3 times), behold this pillar (1 time), twelve pillars (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4676 appear in the Bible?
מַצֵּבָה (matstsêbâh) is tagged in 27 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4676 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine (causatively) participle of H5324 (נָצַב).
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