Strong’s H4673 · Hebrew

מַצָּב
matstsâb
mats-tsawb'

Definition

a fixed spot; figuratively, an office, a military post

Etymology

from H5324 (נָצַב);

Where the KJV renders it

  • garrison
  • station
  • place where...stood

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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