Occurrences
Matstsêbâh occurs 32 times in 31 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Exodus (3), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (3), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (6), 2 Chronicles (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (3), Micah (1)
- 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 (מַצֵּבָ֑ה), and poured oil upon the top of it.
- Genesis 28:22 — And this stone, which I have set for a pillar (מַצֵּבָ֔ה), shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
- Genesis 31:13 — I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar (מַצֵּבָ֔ה), 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 31:45 — And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar (מַצֵּבָֽה).
- Genesis 31:51 — And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar (הַמַצֵּבָ֔ה), which I have cast betwixt me and thee;
- Genesis 31:52 — This heap be witness, and this pillar (הַמַּצֵּבָ֑ה) 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 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 and this pillar (הַמַּצֵּבָ֥ה) unto me, for harm.
- Genesis 35:14 — And Jacob set up a pillar (מַצֵּבָ֗ה) 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.
- Genesis 35:20 — And Jacob set a pillar (מַצֵּבָ֖ה) upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
- 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 down their images (מַצֵּבֹתֵיהֶֽם).
- 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 (מַצֵּבָ֔ה), according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Exodus 34:13 — But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images (מַצֵּבֹתָ֖ם), and cut down their groves:
- Leviticus 26:1 — Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image (וּמַצֵּבָה֙), neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 7:5 — But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images (וּמַצֵּבֹתָ֖ם), and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
- Deuteronomy 12:3 — And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars (מַצֵּ֣בֹתָ֔ם), and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
- Deuteronomy 16:22 — Neither shalt thou set thee up any image (מַצֵּבָ֑ה); which the LORD thy God hateth.
- 1 Kings 14:23 — For they also built them high places, and images (וּמַצֵּב֖וֹת), and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
- 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 (מַצְּבַ֣ת) of Baal that his father had made.
- 2 Kings 10:26 — And they brought forth the images (מַצְּב֥וֹת) out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
- 2 Kings 10:27 — And they brake down the image (מַצְּבַ֣ת) of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
- 2 Kings 17:10 — And they set them up images (מַצֵּב֖וֹת) and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
- 2 Kings 18:4 — He removed the high places, and brake the images (הַמַּצֵּבֹ֔ת), and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
- 2 Kings 23:14 — And he brake in pieces the images (הַמַּצֵּב֔וֹת), and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
- 2 Chronicles 14:3 — For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images (הַמַּצֵּב֔וֹת), and cut down the groves:
- 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 (הַמַּצֵּב֣וֹת), and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
- 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 (וּמַצֵּבָ֥ה) at the border thereof to the LORD.
- Jeremiah 43:13 — He shall break also the images (מַצְּבוֹת֙) of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
- 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 (וּמַצְּב֥וֹת) shall go down to the ground.
- 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 (מַצֵּבָ֑ה), and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
- 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; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images (מַצֵּבֽוֹת).
- Hosea 10:2 — Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images (מַצֵּבוֹתָֽם).
- Micah 5:13 — Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images (וּמַצֵּבוֹתֶ֖יךָ) out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.