Strong's Lexicon

H4675

H4675 — מַצָּבָה מִצָּבָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmatstsabahnoun femOccurrences: 2TWOT: 1398f

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4675
Word:מַצָּבָה מִצָּבָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine of H4673
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:matstsabah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mats-tsaw-baw' (or mitstsabah {mits-tsaw-baw'}) n-f.
Meaning:1. a military guard
KJV Renderings:army, garrison.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB5322

מַצָּבָה noun feminine ׳ אַנְשֵׁי מ 1Sam 14:12 see מַצָּב .


BDB5323

מִצָּבָה noun feminine guard, watch ? — only וְחָנִיתִי ׳ לְבֵיתִי מ Zech 9:8 and I encamp as watch for my house (so We Now GASm, but dubious; Kue Sta MartiKau GASm read מַצָּבָה, but this probably non-existent, see above; ᵑ0 apparently intends because of a host = מִצָּבא).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מצֶב (mootz-tzahv’)

Isaiah 29:3

KJV: And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
EHCC: lay siege against thee with a mount,
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