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Lexicon :: Strong's H6459 - pesel

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פֶּסֶל
Transliteration
pesel
Pronunciation
peh'-sel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1788a

Strong’s Definitions

פֶּסֶל peçel, peh'-sel; from H6458; an idol:—carved (graven) image.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's H6459 in the following manner: graven image (28x), carved image (2x), graven (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's H6459 in the following manner: graven image (28x), carved image (2x), graven (1x).
  1. idol, image

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פֶּסֶל peçel, peh'-sel; from H6458; an idol:—carved (graven) image.
STRONGS H6459: Abbreviations
פֶּ֫סֶל 31 noun masculineHabakkuk 2:18 idol, image; — absolute פ׳ Judges 17:3 +, פָּ֑סֶל Isaiah 42:17; construct פֶּסֶל Judges 18:31 +; suffix פִּסְלִי Isaiah 48:5, etc.; plural supplied by פְּסִילִים see following; — idol, as likeness of man or animal Exodus 20:4 = Deuteronomy 5:8; Exodus 4:16, 23, 25, also Deuteronomy 27:15; 2 Kings 21:7; 2 Chronicles 33:7; Isaiah 42:17; Isaiah 44:9; Isaiah 48:5; Nahum 1:14; Habakkuk 2:18 (of wood or stone, compare Habakkuk 2:19); of metal Judges 17:3, 4 + 6 times 18 (compare GFM), Isaiah 40:19; Isaiah 44:10 (with נָסַךְ), Jeremiah 10:14; Jeremiah 51:17 (with צוֺרֵף); of wood Isaiah 40:20; Isaiah 44:15, 17; Isaiah 45:20.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:16; 4:23; 4:25; 20:4

Deuteronomy

5:8; 27:15

Judges

17:3; 17:3; 17:4; 18:31

2 Kings

21:7

2 Chronicles

33:7

Isaiah

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

Jeremiah

10:14; 51:17

Nahum

1:14

Habakkuk

2:18; 2:18; 2:19

H6459

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6459 matches the Hebrew פֶּסֶל (pesel),
which occurs 30 times in 30 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:4 -

“You shall not make for yourself [fn]an idol H6459, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 -

‘You shall not make for yourselves [fn]idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves a graven H6459 image H6459 or a sacred pillar, nor shall you [fn]place a carved stone in your land to bow down [fn]to it; for I am Yahweh your God.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - lest you act corruptly and make a graven H6459 image H6459 for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:23 - “So keep yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God which He cut with you and make for yourselves a graven H6459 image H6459 in the form of anything against which Yahweh your God has commanded you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:25 -

“When you [fn]become the father of children and children’s children and remain long in the land and act corruptly and make [fn]a graven H6459 image H6459 in the form of anything and do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God so as to provoke Him to anger,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:8 -

‘You shall not make for yourself [fn]an idol H6459—any likeness of what is in heaven above [fn]or on the earth beneath [fn]or in the water under the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 -

‘Cursed is the man who makes a graven H6459 image H6459 or a molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3 - And he then returned the 1,100 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, “I wholly set apart the silver from my hand as holy to Yahweh for my son to make a graven H6459 image H6459 and a molten image; so now I will return [fn]them to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - So he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took 200 pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith. And he made [fn]them into a graven H6459 image H6459 and a molten image, and [fn]they were in the house of Micah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 -

And the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered and said to their relatives, “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and [fn]household idols and a graven H6459 image H6459 and a molten image? So now, know what you should do.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:18 - Now these had entered into Micah’s house and took the graven H6459 image H6459, the ephod and household idols and the molten image. Then the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:20 - And the priest’s heart was merry, and he took the ephod and household idols and the graven H6459 image H6459 and entered among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:30 - Then the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven H6459 image H6459; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of [fn]Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the exile of the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:31 - So they set up for themselves Micah’s graven H6459 image H6459 which he had made, all the time that the house of God was at Shiloh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:7 - Then he put the graven H6459 image H6459 of Asherah, which he had made, in the house of which Yahweh had said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:7 - Then he put the graven H6459 image H6459 of the [fn]idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 -

Let all those be ashamed who serve graven H6459 images H6459,

Who boast of idols;

[fn]Worship Him, all you [fn]gods!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 -

As for the graven H6459 images H6459, a craftsman casts it,

A goldsmith plates it with gold,

And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 -

He who is too impoverished to make such a contribution

Chooses a tree that does not rot;

He seeks out for himself a wise craftsman

To [fn]prepare a graven H6459 image H6459 that will not be shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17 -

They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame,

Who trust in graven H6459 images H6459,

Who say to molten images,

“You are our gods.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 -

Those who form [fn]a graven H6459 image H6459 are all of them [fn]futile, and their desirable things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10 - Who has formed a god or cast a graven H6459 image H6459 to no profit?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - Then it becomes something for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also kindles a fire to bake bread. He also works to produce a god and worships it; he makes it a graven H6459 image H6459 and falls down before it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:17 - But the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven H6459 image H6459. He falls down before it and worships; he also prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 -

“Gather yourselves and come;

Draw near together, you who have escaped from the nations;

They do not know,

Who carry about their graven H6459 image H6459 of wood

And pray to a god who cannot save.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5 -

Therefore I declared them to you long ago,

Before [fn]they happened I caused them to be heard by you,

Lest you say, ‘My idol has done them,

And my graven H6459 image H6459 and my molten image have commanded them.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 -

Every man is senseless, devoid of knowledge;

Every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven H6459 images H6459;

For his molten images are a lie,

And there is no breath in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 -

All mankind is senseless, devoid of knowledge;

Every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven H6459 image H6459,

For his molten images are a lie,

And there is no breath in them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:14 -

And Yahweh has commanded concerning [fn]you:

[fn]There will no longer be seed from your name.

From the house of your gods,

I will cut off graven H6459 image H6459 and molten image.

I will prepare your grave,

For you are contemptible.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 -

“What profit is the graven H6459 image H6459 when its maker has engraved it,

Or a molten image, a teacher of [fn]lies?

For its maker trusts in his own making

When he fashions speechless idols.

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