Word Study · Strong's H4690 · Hebrew
מָצוּק
matsuq
maw-tsook'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mâtsûwq
“something narrow, i.e. a column or hilltop”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
something narrow, i.e. a column or hilltop
Rendered in the KJV as
pillar, situate.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- מָצ֥וּק1
- מְצֻ֣קֵי1
How it is rendered · 2
- [the] pillars of1
- a pillar1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpc · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 2:8מְצֻ֣קֵיmetzukeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.here: [the] pillars of
- 1 Samuel 14:5מָצ֥וּקmatzuknoun · masculine singularOne cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.here: a pillar