Strong’s H4678 · Hebrew

מַצֶּבֶת
matstsebeth
mats-tseh'-beth

Definition

something stationary, i.e. a monumental stone; also the stock of atree

Etymology

from H5324 (נָצַב);

Where the KJV renders it

  • pillar
  • substance

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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