Strong’s H4676 · Hebrew

מַצֵּבָה
matstsêbâh
mats-tsay-baw'

Definition

something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol

Etymology

feminine (causatively) participle of H5324 (נָצַב);

Where the KJV renders it

  • garrison
  • (standing) image
  • pillar

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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