# מַצֵּבָה (matsevah) Israeli respelling: ma-tse-vah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H4676. 31 Old Testament occurrences. something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol King James renderings: garrison, (standing) image, pillar. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/matsevah-h4676 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 28:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/28/18) — 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… - [Genesis 28:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/28/22) — And 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 t… - [Genesis 31:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/13) — I 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… - [Genesis 31:45](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/45) — And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. - [Genesis 31:51](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/51) — And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: - [Genesis 31:52](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/52) — This 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… - [Genesis 35:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/14) — And 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 pou… - [Genesis 35:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/35/20) — And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. - [Exodus 23:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/23/24) — Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break dow… - [Exodus 24:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/24/4) — And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, accor… - [Exodus 34:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/34/13) — But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: - [Leviticus 26:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/26/1) — Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land,… - [Deuteronomy 7:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/7/5) — But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their gra… - [Deuteronomy 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/12/3) — And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of t… - [Deuteronomy 16:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/16/22) — Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth. - [1 Kings 14:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/14/23) — For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. - [2 Kings 3:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/3/2) — And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his fath… - [2 Kings 10:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/10/26) — And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. - [2 Kings 10:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/10/27) — And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. - [2 Kings 17:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/17/10) — And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: - [2 Kings 18:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/18/4) — He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for… - [2 Kings 23:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/23/14) — And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. - [2 Chronicles 14:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/14/3) — For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: - [2 Chronicles 31:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/31/1) — Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down… - [Isaiah 19:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/19/19) — In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. - [Jeremiah 43:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/43/13) — He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with… - [Ezekiel 26:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/26/11) — With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go… - [Hosea 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/3/4) — For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and w… - [Hosea 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/10/1) — Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; accord… - [Hosea 10:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/10/2) — Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. - [Micah 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/micah/5/13) — Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine h…