H6459 פֶּסֶל (peçel) peh'-sel

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

idol

Strong's Definition

an idol

Derivation: from H6458 (פָּסַל);

KJV Usage: carved (graven) image.

TWOT Reference: 1788a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) idol, image

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1497

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

פֶּ֫סֶל (pe.sel) — idol. idol, image Also means: pe.sil (פָּסִיל "idol" H6456)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

פֶּסֶל (H6459)

noun m · פסל

Images | Cult Objects | ≈ אֱלִיל · מַסֵּכָה · עָצָב

graven image = a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing; ◄ carved out of wood and sometimes stone, ► and functioning as an object of non-sanctioned worship

EXO 20:4 · LEV 26:1 · DEU 4:16 · DEU 4:23 · DEU 4:25 · DEU 5:8 · DEU 27:15 · JDG 17:3 · JDG 17:4 · JDG 18:14 · JDG 18:17 · JDG 18:18 · JDG 18:20 · JDG 18:30 · JDG 18:31 · 2KI 21:7 · 2CH 33:7 · PSA 97:7 · ISA 40:19 · ISA 40:20 · ISA 42:17 · ISA 44:9 · ISA 44:10 · ISA 44:15 · ISA 44:17 · ISA 45:20 · ISA 48:5 · JER 10:14 · JER 51:17 · NAM 1:14 · HAB 2:18

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

פֶּ֫סֶל 31 n.m. idol, image base

Bible Occurrences (31)

20:4

26:1

4:16 4:23 4:25 5:8 27:15

17:3 17:4 18:14 18:17 18:18 18:20 18:30 18:31

21:7

33:7

97:7

40:19 40:20 42:17 44:9 44:10 44:15 44:17 45:20 48:5

10:14 51:17

1:14

2:18

Exodus 20:4

{You shall} not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath....

Leviticus 26:1

You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted... stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 4:16

that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,

Deuteronomy 4:23

Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He... has forbidden you.

Deuteronomy 4:25

After you have children and grandchildren... and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form— doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God [and] provoking Him to anger—

Deuteronomy 5:8

{You shall} not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath -.

Deuteronomy 27:15

Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image — an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman — and sets it up in secret. And {let} all the people... say, Amen!

Judges 17:3

And when he had returned... the eleven hundred [shekels] of silver to his mother, [she] said, I wholly dedicate... the silver to the LORD... for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.