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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:4 - “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - “ ‘Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:23 - Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:25 - After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and arousing his anger,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:8 - “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - “Cursed is anyone who makes an idol—a thing detestable to the LORD, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3 - When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the LORD for my son to make an image overlaid with silver. I will give it back to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels[fn] of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol. And it was put in Micah’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 - Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish said to their fellow Danites, “Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod, some household gods and an image overlaid with silver? Now you know what to do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:18 - When the five men went into Micah’s house and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:20 - The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:30 - There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses,[fn] and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:31 - They continued to use the idol Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:7 - He took the carved Asherah pole he had made and put it in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:7 - He took the image he had made and put it in God’s temple, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols— worship him, all you gods!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 - A person too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot; they look for a skilled worker to set up an idol that will not topple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17 - But those who trust in idols, who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back in utter shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10 - Who shapes a god and casts an idol, which can profit nothing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - It is used as fuel for burning; some of it he takes and warms himself, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. But he also fashions a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:17 - From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, “Save me! You are my god!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 - “Gather together and come; assemble, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5 - Therefore I told you these things long ago; before they happened I announced them to you so that you could not say, ‘My images brought them about; my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 - “Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:14 - The LORD has given a command concerning you, Nineveh: “You will have no descendants to bear your name. I will destroy the images and idols that are in the temple of your gods. I will prepare your grave, for you are vile.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - “Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman? Or an image that teaches lies? For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
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