Hebrew

Guard

מִצָּבָהStrong’s H4675

matstsavah (mats-tsa-vah)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Matstsavah is the Hebrew word usually translated “garrison” and “guard”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.”

Zechariah 9:8 KJV

Meaning

Guard, watch, army

How it's translated

the garrison 1
a guard 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

1 Samuel 1
Zechariah 1

2 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

1 Samuel 14:12And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

Hebrew dictionary

מִצָּבָה matstsavah · guard

guard, watch, army

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “guard” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

GUARD, verb transitive

gard. [Latin verus; wahren, to keep, to last, to hold out; bewahren, to keep or preserve; bewahren, to verify, to confirm; Eng. ware, aware; ]

To secure against injury, loss or attack; to protect; to defend; to keep in safety.
To secure against objections or the attacks of malevolence.
To accompany and protect; to accompany for protection; as, to guard a general on a journey; to guard the baggage of an army.
To adorn with lists, laces or ornaments.

All definitions and other forms of “guard”

To gird; to fasten by binding.

GUARD, verb intransitive

To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautions; to be in a state of defense or safety. guard against mistakes, or against temptations.

GUARD, noun

[Eng. ward.]

Defense; preservation or security against injury, loss or attack.
That which secures against attack or injury; that which defends.
A man or body of men occupied in preserving a person or place from attack or injury; he or they whose business is to defend, or to prevent attack or surprise.
A state of caution or vigilance; or the act of observing what passes in order to prevent surprise or attack; care; attention; watch; heed.
That which secures against objections or censure; caution of expression.
Part of the hilt of a sword, which protects the hand.
In fencing, a posture of defense.
An ornamental lace, hem or boarder.

GUARD'-BOAT, noun

A boat appointed to row the rounds among ships of war in a harbor, to observe that their officers keep a good look-out.

GUARD'-CHAMBER, noun

A guard-room.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.