Matstsevet מַצֶּבֶת
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| מַצֶּבֶת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | matstsevet |
| Strong's number | H4678 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | pillar |
| Occurrences | 6 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (2) |
Matstsevet (Hebrew מַצֶּבֶת, Strong's H4678) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “pillar”. It occurs 6 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) pillar, mastaba, stump
1a) pillar
1a1) as monument, personal memorial
1a2) with an altar
1b) (Hoph) stock, stump (of tree)
1a) pillar
1a1) as monument, personal memorial
1a2) with an altar
1b) (Hoph) stock, stump (of tree)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | pillar (4), substance (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | pillar (2), marker (1), marks (1), leave stumps (1), will be a stump (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Matstsevet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 35:14And 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.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 35:20And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.Jacob set up a pillar on her grave; it marks Rachel’s tomb to this day.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 18:18Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom’s place.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
- Isaiah 6:13But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.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.”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).