Lexical Definition

‎מַצֵּבָה‎ matstsêbâh (mats-tsay-baw') pillar ^H:N-F
feminine (causatively) participle of ‎נָצַב‎

garrison, (standing) image, pillar.

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

1) pillar, mastaba, stump
1a) pillar
1a1) as monument, personal memorial
1a2) with an altar
1b)(Hoph) stock, stump (of tree)

See Greek: θυσιαστήριον · λίθος · στυγνάζω

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Also see: נָצַב

‎מַצֵּבָה‎, ‎מַצֶּ֫בֶת‎ noun feminine pillar, maƒƒ¢b¹, stump; — absolute ‎מַצֵּבָה‎ Hos 3:4 +,‎מַצֶּ֫בֶת‎ 2Sam 18:18 a (read ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎ ᵐ5 Dr Bu Kit), v2Sam 18:18 b Isa 6:13, construct ‎מַצְּבַת‎ 2Kgs 3:2; 2Kgs 10:27, ‎מַצֶּ֫בֶת‎ Gen 35:14; Gen 35:20 suffix ‎מַצַּבְתָּהּ‎ Isa 6:13 plural absolute ‎מַצֵּבוֺת‎ 1Kgs 14:28, construct ‎מַצְּבוֺת‎ 2Kgs 10:26, etc.; —

1. a. pillar, as monument, personal memorial 2Sam 18:18 (twice in verse).
b. a stone, set up (‎שׂים‎, ‎הציב‎), 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 ᵑ0 ‎מִזְבֵּחַ‎ (We Di Now^{Archaeology ii.18}), set up (‎שׂים‎), ‎הרים‎, ‎חציב‎ 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 Exod 24:4 (E; 12 pillars), Hos 3:4; Hos 10:1; Hos 10:2; Isa 19:19 conjecture also 2Kgs 12:10* for ᵑ0 ‎מִזְבֵּחַ‎ Sta^{ZAW v (1885), 296} Now^{Archaeology l.c.}, but dubious, see Benz^{on the passage}; (usually + ‎אֲשֵׁרִים‎ etc.): of Canaanites Exod 23:24 (E), Exod 34:13 (J), Deut 7:5; Deut 12:3 compare ‎הַבַּלְַ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 2Kgs 3:2; 2Kgs 10:26; 2Kgs 10:27 Tyre, ‎עֻזֵּךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎, Ezek 26:11, of obelisks of Heliopolis in Egypt; condemned for Israel by Deuteronomic code, and Deuteronomist redaction of Kings: Deut 16:22; 2Kgs 14:23; 2Kgs 17:10; 2Kgs 18:4; 2Kgs 23:14; 2Chr 14:2*; 2Chr 31:1 compare Mic 5:12*; Lev 26:1 (H). — On maƒƒ¢b¹ see further Now^{Archaeology ii.18 f.} Benz^{Archaeology 380 f.} Dr^{Deut 16:21f.} We^{Skizzen iii.99,165} RS^{Sem.i.184 ff. 437.f; 2d ed. 204 ff. 456 f.; K. 50}. **On this see also Lagrange^{Études Bibl. 197 ff.} and review by Bau^{ZMG lvii (1903), 830}; also GFM^{EB MASSEBAH} Sta^{Bib. Theol. i. § 55} OCWhitehouse^{Hast. DB PILLAR}. — Judg 9:6 see [ ‎נָצַב‎]

Hoph`al 2. stock, stump of tree Isa 6:13 a (in simile), so vIsa 6:13 b (figurative; but probably strike out as gloss).

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