| Strong's Concordance matsuq: molten support, pillarOriginal Word: מָצוּק Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: matsuq Phonetic Spelling: (maw-tsook') Short Definition: pillars Brown-Driver-Briggs[מָצוּק]  noun masculine molten support, pillar; — plural construct מְצֻקֵי אֶרֶץ 1 Samuel 2:8 the supports of the earth are ׳יs; — מָצוּק 1 Samuel 14:5 ('as a pillar,' 'steep,' etc.) is difficult (compare HPS); strike out with ᵐ5 Th Dr Bu. I. צור (√of following; compare possibly Arabic  Strong's Exhaustive Concordancepillar, situate Or matsuq {maw-tsook'}; from tsuwq; something narrow, i.e. A column or hilltop -- pillar, situate. see HEBREW tsuwq Forms and Transliterationsמְצֻ֣קֵי מָצ֥וּק מצוק מצקי mā·ṣūq māṣūq maTzuk mə·ṣu·qê məṣuqê meTzukei LinksInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's ConcordanceStrong's Hebrew 4690 2 Occurrences mā·ṣūq — 1 Occ. mə·ṣu·qê — 1 Occ. 1 Samuel 2:8 HEB: כִּ֤י לַֽיהוָה֙ מְצֻ֣קֵי אֶ֔רֶץ וַיָּ֥שֶׁת NAS: of honor; For the pillars of the earth KJV: of glory: for the pillars of the earth INT: for are the LORD'S the pillars of the earth set 1 Samuel 14:5  | 
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 ( ) cause to incline, learn; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (rare), so Aramaic
) cause to incline, learn; Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew (rare), so Aramaic  (compare Köii.1, 90), צַוְּרָא).
 (compare Köii.1, 90), צַוְּרָא). 


