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Easton's Bible Dictionary

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

(2.) Hebrews netsib, a prefect, superintendent; hence a military post (1 Samuel 10:5; 13:3, 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.) Hebrews matstsebah, properly a monumental column; improperly rendered pl. "garrisons" in Ezek. 26:11; correctly in Revised Version "pillars," marg. "obelisks," probably an idolatrous image.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A body of troops stationed in a fort or fortified town.

2. (n.) A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security.

3. (v. t.) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town.

4. (v. t.) To secure or defend by fortresses manned with troops; as, to garrison a conquered territory.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GARRISON

gar'-i-s'-n.

See WAR.

Greek

2862. kolonia -- a colony (a city settlement of soldiers disbanded ...
... the Roman army). Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kolonia Phonetic
Spelling: (kol-o-nee'-ah) Short Definition: a colony, garrison city Definition ...
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5432. phroureo -- to guard
... of pro and horao; to be a watcher in advance, ie To mount guard as a sentinel (post
spies at gates); figuratively, to hem in, protect -- keep (with a garrison ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4673. matstsab -- standing place, station, garrison
... 4672, 4673. matstsab. 4674 . standing place, station, garrison. Transliteration:
matstsab Phonetic Spelling: (mats-tsawb') Short Definition: garrison. ...
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5333. netsib -- a pillar, prefect, garrison, post
... a pillar, prefect, garrison, post. Transliteration: netsib or netsib Phonetic Spelling:
(nets-eeb') Short Definition: garrisons. ... garrison, officer, pillar. ...
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4676. matstsebah -- a pillar, stump
... Word Origin from natsab Definition a pillar, stump NASB Word Usage obelisks (1),
pillar (19), pillars (16), stump (2). garrison, standing image, pillar. ...
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4675. mitstsabah -- perhaps a guard, watch
... army, garrison. Or mitstsabah {mits-tsaw-baw'}; feminine of matstsab; a military
guard -- army, garrison. see HEBREW matstsab. 4674, 4675. mitstsabah. 4676 > ...
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Library

Model Speeches
... John Stuart Mill. Read the following speech delivered by John Stuart Mill, in his
tribute to Garrison. Note the clear-cut English of the speaker. ...
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Knox in St. Andrews Castle: the Galleys: 1547-1549
... He then returns to history, and avers that, about June 21, 1547, the papal absolution
was presented to the garrison merely as a veil for a treasonable attack ...
/.../lang/john knox and the reformation/chapter iii knox in st.htm

Concerning the Death of Antiochus Epiphane. How Antiochus Eupator ...
... 3. At this time it was that the garrison in the citadel of Jerusalem, with the Jewish
runagates, did a great deal of harm to the Jews; for the soldiers that ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 9 concerning the death.htm

Unexpected Orders
... under the eye of her doctor, she was promoted to the rank of Staff-Captain and saw
two brief periods of service at the International Training Garrison in London ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/xvi unexpected orders.htm

Choosing Her Course
... which caused tears to sting Lucy's face as, on a snowy New Year's day, she said
good-bye to mother and sister and left home for the Training Garrison; but in ...
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Hyrcanus Receives the High Priesthood, and Ejects Ptolemy Out of ...
... that if the besieged would deliver up their arms, and pay tribute for Joppa, and
the other cities which bordered upon Judea, and admit a garrison of his, on ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 hyrcanus receives the.htm

Letter G
... Received 1776, Died 1827 * Garrettson, Richard "Received 1779, Located 1783 * Garrick,
Heman "Received 1810, Located 1815 * Garrison, David "Received ...
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Constantine Having Settled all Things at Rome, Went to Milan About ...
... gates of Byzantium. There was a garrison in the city, established by Licinius
to check any invasion that Daia might make. At first ...
/.../chap xlv constantine having settled.htm

By, Through, Unto
... For instance, we read that the governor of Damascus 'kept the city with a garrison,'
which is the same word, and in its purely metaphorical usage Paul employs ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/by through unto.htm

How Caesar Raised Banks Round About the Upper City [Mount Zion] ...
... did not at all know what to do, now their commanders were taken from them, he had
them watched, and secured the walls by a more numerous garrison, Yet could ...
/.../chapter 8 how caesar raised.htm

Thesaurus

Garrison (15 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To place troops in, as a fortification, for its defense; to furnish with
soldiers; as, to garrison a fort or town. ...GARRISON. gar'-is'-n. See WAR. ...
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Outpost (7 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 13:4 All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines,
and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. ...
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Praetorium (8 Occurrences)
... traditionally located in the neighborhood of the present Turkish barracks where
once stood the Antonia and where was stationed a large garrison (compare Acts 21 ...
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Michmash (10 Occurrences)
... It first appears as occupied by Saul with 2,000 men, when Jonathan, advancing from
Gibeah, smote the Philistine garrison in Geba (1 Samuel 13:2). To avenge ...
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Philistine (63 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 10:5 "After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison
of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city ...
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Jonathan (109 Occurrences)
... His attack upon the Philistine garrison at Geba (or Gibeah, if we adopt the reading
of the Septuagint and Targum of 1 Samuel 13:3; compare 10:5) was delivered ...
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Rhodes (2 Occurrences)
... again. A garrison was stationed at Rhodes by Alexander the Great. After
his death this garrison was driven out by the Rhodians. ...
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Police (10 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Military police, the body of soldiers detailed to preserve civil order
and attend to sanitary arrangements in a camp or garrison. ...
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Cornelius (10 Occurrences)
... But it would not have been prudent for a garrison in Palestine to be composed
wholly of troops locally recruited. Therefore the ...
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Armor-bearer (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and
let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the ...
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Bible Concordance

Garrison (15 Occurrences)

Matthew 27:27 Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
(WEB)

2 Corinthians 11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
(KJV WBS)

Philippians 4:7 And then the peace of God, which transcends all our powers of thought, will be a garrison to guard your hearts and minds in union with Christ Jesus.
(WEY)

1 Samuel 10:5 "After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall happen, when you have come there to the city, that you shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they will be prophesying:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 13:3 Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba: and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 13:4 All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was had in abomination with the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 13:23 The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 14:1 Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side." But he didn't tell his father.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 14:4 Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 14:6 Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, "Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no restraint on Yahweh to save by many or by few."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 14:11 Both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, "Behold, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they had hidden themselves!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 14:12 The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you something!" Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 14:15 There was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked: so there was an exceeding great trembling.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 23:14 David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 11:16 David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Garrison

Garrison: A Military Camp

Related Terms

Outpost (7 Occurrences)

Praetorium (8 Occurrences)

Michmash (10 Occurrences)

Philistine (63 Occurrences)

Jonathan (109 Occurrences)

Rhodes (2 Occurrences)