מַצֵּבָה
matstsêbâh · mats-tsay-baw'
something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine (causatively) participle of H5324 (נָצַב);
something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
- something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone)
- by analogy, an idol
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: garrison, (standing) image, pillar.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַצֵּבָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
32 occurrences · 32 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the images5 · 16%
- their images4 · 13%
- for a pillar3 · 9%
- and this pillar2 · 6%
- a pillar2 · 6%
- the image2 · 6%
- images2 · 6%
- the pillar1 · 3%
- and behold this pillar1 · 3%
- and twelve pillars1 · 3%
- a standing image1 · 3%
- their pillars1 · 3%
- any image1 · 3%
- and images1 · 3%
- and a pillar1 · 3%
- also the images1 · 3%
- garrisons1 · 3%
- and without an image1 · 3%
- and thy standing images1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.