Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Garrison

  1. Heb.matstsab, a station; a place where one stands (1 Sam. 14:12); a military or fortified post (1 Sam. 13:23, 14:1, 4, 6, etc.).
  2. Heb.netsib, a prefect, superintendent; hence a military post (1 Sam. 10:5, 13:3, 4; 2 Sam. 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 Ezek. 26:11; correctly in Revised Version "pillars," marg. "obelisks," probably an idolatrous image.

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