Strong’s H4690 · Hebrew

מָצוּק
mâtsûwq
maw-tsook'

Definition

something narrow, i.e. a column or hilltop

Etymology

or מָצֻק; from H6693 (צוּק);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • pillar
  • situate

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.