Garrison

Easton, 1897

(1.) Heb. matstsab, a station; a place where one stands (1 Samuel 14:12); a military or fortified post (1 Samuel 13:23; 1 Samuel 14:1, 1 Samuel 14:4, 1 Samuel 14:6, etc.).

(2.) Heb. netsib, a prefect, superintendent; hence a military post (1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Samuel 13:3, 1 Samuel 13:4; 2 Samuel 8:6). This word has also been explained to denote a pillar set up to mark the Philistine conquest, or an officer appointed to collect taxes; but the idea of a military post seems to be the correct one.

(3.) Heb. matstsebah, properly a monumental column; improperly rendered pl. "garrisons" in Ezekiel 26:11; correctly in Revised Version "pillars," marg. "obelisks," probably an idolatrous image.