Word Study · Strong's H4673 · Hebrew
מַצָּב
matstsab
mats-tsawb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: matstsâb
“a fixed spot”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a fixed spot; figuratively, an office, a military post
Rendered in the KJV as
garrison, station, place where...stood.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- מַצַּ֣ב3
- מַצַּב֙2
- הַמַּצָּב֙1
- וּמַצַּ֣ב1
- מִמַּצַּב֙1
- מִמַּצָּבֶ֑ךָ1
- מַצַּ֖ב1
How it is rendered · 6
- [the] garrison of5
- [the] standing-place of1
- and a garrison of1
- from [the] standing-place of1
- from office your1
- the garrison1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)6
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsc · 6
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 4:3מִמַּצַּב֙mimatzavpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)and command them: ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan where the priests were standing, carry them with you, and set them down in the place where you spend the night.’”here: from [the] standing-place of
- Joshua 4:9מַצַּב֙matzavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.here: [the] standing-place of
1 Samuel6 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 13:23מַצַּ֣בmatzavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.here: [the] garrison of
- 1 Samuel 14:1מַצַּ֣בmatzavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But Jonathan did not tell his father.here: [the] garrison of
- 1 Samuel 14:4מַצַּ֣בmatzavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.here: [the] garrison of
- 1 Samuel 14:6מַצַּב֙matzavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”here: [the] garrison of
- 1 Samuel 14:11מַצַּ֖בmatzavnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So the two of them showed themselves to the outpost of the Philistines, who exclaimed, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they were hiding!”here: [the] garrison of
- 1 Samuel 14:15הַמַּצָּב֙hamatzavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.here: the garrison