מַצֵּבָה
matstsêbâh · H4676 · Hebrew · 34 occurrences
Thing
Meanings
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memorial stone
A column usually made of a single stone, with or without inscriptions, used as the memorial of an event that had happened at the place where the stone stood
ExamplesGenesis 28:18 So Jacob got up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had placed as a support for his head, and set it up as a memorial stone, and poured oil on its top.
Genesis 28:22 “And this stone, which I have set up as a memorial stone, will be God’s house, and of everything that You give me I will assuredly give a tenth to You.”
Genesis 31:13 ‘I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a memorial stone, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.’”
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sacred pillar
A column usually made of a single stone, with or without inscriptions, as an attribute of non-sanctioned worship, usually found on a high place
ExamplesExodus 23:24 “You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their memorial stones in pieces.
Exodus 34:13 “But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their memorial stones, and cut down their Asherim
Leviticus 26:1 ‘You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves a carved image or a memorial stone, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
12 occurrences in 7 groups
- הֶםtheir 5
- בַּעַלBamoth-baal 2
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- עֹזstrength, might 1
- אֶבֶןstone 1
- קְבוּרָהtomb, grave, burial 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- זֹאתthis 1
- יָרָהto teach, to shoot 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
- אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 1
- שָׂנֵאto hate 1
- שְׁנַיִםtwo 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַצֵּבָהsacred pillar, pillar 2
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָרַדto go down, to come down 1
What is done to itIt is the object
22 occurrences in 11 groups
- שָׁבַרto break, to shatter 9
- נָצַבto stand 3
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
Second object ofSecond object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- שׂוּםto put, to set, to place 2
- רוּםto be high, to raise, to lift up 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
- עֵדָהtestimony 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּאhe, she, it 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- חַמָּן chammân · H2553 · incense altar
- Both terms denote cultic objects or images used in worship — one specifically "idol, image," the other including "(standing) image, pillar" among its senses — overlapping in the cultic-object sense.
- פְּסִיל pᵉçîyl · H6456 · graven image
- Both words denote cultic images. מַצֵּבָה includes the sense of a standing image or pillar, while פְּסִיל is a carved (graven) image.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Trees001002007002
- This term for a standing stone or memorial pillar carries this domain because such pillars were frequently erected beside sacred trees at cultic sites in the biblical world, though the sampled citations themselves (Jacob's memorial stones) do not directly show this tree association.
- Monuments001003002004
- מַצֵּבָה denotes a memorial pillar or standing stone set up to commemorate an event, illustrated at Genesis 28:18 (Jacob "took the stone... and set it up as a pillar") and Genesis 31:13.
- Cult Objects001003001001006
- מַצֵּבָה also names a cultic sacred pillar or standing stone used in worship, illustrated at Genesis 28:22 ("this stone, which I have set up as a pillar, will be God's house").
Word family 9 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4676. matstsebah מַצֶּ֫בֶת מַצֵּבָה, noun feminine pillar, maƒƒ¢b¹, stump; — absolute…
מַצֶּ֫בֶת מַצֵּבָה, noun feminine pillar, maƒƒ¢b¹, stump; — absolute מַצֵּבָה Hos 3:4 +,מַצֶּ֫בֶת 2Sa 18:18 a (read ᵐ5 ׳הַמּ Dr Bu Kit), 2Sa 18:18 b Isa 6:13, construct מַצְּבַת 2Ki 3:2; 2Ki 10:27, מַצֶּ֫בֶת Gen 35:14, Gen 35:20; suffix מַצַּבְתָּהּ Isa 6:13; plural absolute מַצֵּבוֺת 1Ki 14:28, construct מַצְּבוֺת 2Ki 10:26, etc.; —
1. a. pillar, as monument, personal memorial 2Sa 18:18 (twice in verse).
b. a stone, set up (הציב שׂים,), and anointed as memorial of divine appearance Gen 28:18, Gen 28:22; Gen 31:13 (all E), Gen 35:14 (J); so also Gen 33:20 (E), where insert ׳מ, or read ׳מ for מִזְבֵּחַ ᵑ0 (We Di NowArchaeology ii.18), set up (שׂים), חציב הרים, in token of an agreement Gen 31:45, Gen 31:51, Gen 31:52 (twice in verse) (all E); over grave Gen 35:20 (twice in verse)
c. especially of sacred stones or pillars in connection with altar, erected (בנה) by Moses Exo 24:4 (E; 12 pillars), Hos 3:4; Hos 10:1-2, Isa 19:19; conjecture also 2Ki 12:10 for מִזְבֵּחַ ᵑ0 StaZAW v (1885), 296 NowArchaeology l.c., but dubious, see Benzon the passage; (usually + אֲשֵׁרִים etc.): of Canaanites Exo 23:24 (E), Exo 34:13 (J), Deu 7:5; Deu 12:3 compare ׳מ הַבַּלְַ 2Ki 3:2; 2Ki 10:26-27, Tyre, ׳מ עֻזֵּךְ, Eze 26:11, of obelisks of Heliopolis in Egypt; condemned for Israel by Deuteronomic code, and Deuteronomist redaction of Kings: Deu 16:22; 2Ki 14:23; 2Ki 17:10; 2Ki 18:4; 2Ki 23:14; 2Ch 14:2; 2Ch 31:1; compare Mic 5:12; Lev 26:1 (H). — On maƒƒ¢b¹ see further NowArchaeology ii.18 f. BenzArchaeology 380 f. DrDeu 16:21f. WeSkizzen iii.99, 165 RSSem.i.184 ff. 437.f; 2d ed. 204 ff. 456 f.; K. 50. **On this see also LagrangeÉtudes Bibl. 197 ff. and review by BauZMG lvii (1903), 830; also GFMEB MASSEBAH StaBib. Theol. i. § 55 OCWhitehouseHast. DB PILLAR. — Jdg 9:6 see [ נָצַב] Hoph`al 2. stock, stump of tree Isa 6:13 a (in simile), so Isa 6:13 b (figurative; but probably strike out as gloss).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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