Pillar
מַצֵּבָהStrong’s H4676matstsevah (mats-tse-vah)
Appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Matstsevah is the Hebrew word usually translated “pillar”, “sacred pillars their” and “sacred pillars”. It appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.”
Meaning
- Pillar, mastaba, stumppillar · (Hoph) stock, stump (of tree)
How it's translated
- a pillar 7
- sacred pillars their 4
- the sacred pillars 4
- the pillar 3
- sacred pillar of 2
- sacred pillars of 2
- sacred pillars 2
- pillar 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 8
- 2 Kings 6
- Exodus 3
- Deuteronomy 3
- Hosea 3
- 2 Chronicles 2
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 28:22And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
- Genesis 31:13I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
- Genesis 31:45And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
- Genesis 31:51And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
- Genesis 31:52This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.
- Genesis 35:14And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
Hebrew dictionary
מַצֵּבָה matstsevah · pillar
1) pillar, mastaba, stump 1a) pillar 1a1) as monument, personal memorial 1a2) with an altar 1b)(Hoph) stock, stump (of tree)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pillar” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PIL'LAR, noun
[Latin pila, a pile, a pillar a mortar and pestle. The Latin pila denotes a heap, or things thrown, put or driven together.]
- A kind or irregular column round an insulate, but deviating from the proportions of a just column.
- A supporter; that which sustains or upholds; that on which some superstructure rests. Galatians 2:9
- A monument raised to commemorate any person or remarkable transaction.“And Jacob set a pillar on her grave” Genesis 35:20
- Something resembling a pillar; as a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26“So a pillar of a cloud, a pillar of fire” Exodus 13:21
All definitions
- Foundation; support. Job 9:6
- In ships, a square or round timber fixed perpendicularly under the middle of the beams for supporting the decks.
- In the manege, the center of the volta, ring or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
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.