מַצָּבmatstsâb

Meanings

Same root

• נָצַבnâtsab · H5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
• מַצָּבָהmatstsâbâh · H4675a military guard

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

• Joshua 4:3 Tell them, ‘Take twelve stones from the very place where the priests are standing in the middle of the Jordan. Carry them out and pile them up at the place where you will camp tonight.’”
• Joshua 4:9 Joshua also set up another pile of twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, at the place where the priests who carried the Ark of the Covenant were standing. And they are there to this day.
• 1 Samuel 13:23 The pass at Micmash had meanwhile been secured by a contingent of the Philistine army.
• 1 Samuel 14:1 One day Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on, let’s go over to where the Philistines have their outpost.” But Jonathan did not tell his father what he was doing.
• 1 Samuel 14:4 To reach the Philistine outpost, Jonathan had to go down between two rocky cliffs that were called Bozez and Seneh.
• 1 Samuel 14:6 “Let’s go across to the outpost of those pagans,” Jonathan said to his armor bearer. “Perhaps the Lord will help us, for nothing can hinder the Lord. He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few!”