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Lexicon :: Strong's H4541 - massēḵâ

Aa
מַסֵּכָה
Transliteration
massēḵâ
Pronunciation
mas-say-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1375c,1376a

Strong’s Definitions

מַסֵּכָה maççêkâh, mas-say-kaw'; from H5258; properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out):—covering, molten (image), vail.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H4541 in the following manner: image (18x), molten (7x), covering (2x), vail (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H4541 in the following manner: image (18x), molten (7x), covering (2x), vail (1x).

  1. a pouring, libation, molten metal, cast image, drink offering

    1. libation (with covenant sacrifice)

    2. molten metal, molten image, molten gods

  2. web, covering, veil, woven stuff

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַסֵּכָה maççêkâh, mas-say-kaw'; from H5258; properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out):—covering, molten (image), vail.
STRONGS H4541: Abbreviations
† I. מַסֵּכָה noun feminine
1. molten metal, or image;
2. libation; — מ׳ Exodus 32:4 +; construct מַסֵּכַת Isaiah 30:22; plural מַסֵּכוֺת 1 Kings 14:9 +; suffix מַסֵּכֹתָם Numbers 33:52; —
1. libation, with covenant sacrifice in making covenant Isaiah 30:1 (= 1 נֶסֶךְ; see, however, below II. [span class="Hb maroon">נָסַךְ]).
2. molten metal, or image: עֵגֶל מַסֵּכָה molten calf Exodus 32:4, 8; Deuteronomy 9:16; Nehemiah 9:18, compare Psalm 106:19; אֱלֹהֵי מַסֵּכָה molten gods Exodus 34:17; Leviticus 19:4; צַלְמֵי מ׳ Numbers 33:52; וּמַסֵּכָה פֶּסֶל Deuteronomy 27:15; Judges 17:3, 4; Judges 18:14; Nahum 1:14; 2 Chronicles 34:3, 4, elsewhere (variously) Deuteronomy 9:12; Judges 18:17, 18; 1 Kings 14:9; 2 Kings 17:16; 2 Chronicles 28:2; Isaiah 30:22; Isaiah 42:17; Hosea 13:2; Habakkuk 2:18.

† II. מַסֵּכָה noun feminine woven stuff, web, especially as covering; — absolute הַנְּסוּכָה עַלֿ הַמּ׳ Isaiah 25:7 the web that is woven over all the nations (i.e. mourning-veil, symbol of distress; || הַלּוֺט הַלּוֺט); = bed-covering Isaiah 28:20 (in figurative). Perhaps also לִנְסֹךְ מ׳ Isaiah 30:1 weave a web (|| לַעֲשׂוֺת עֵצָה), reference to negotiations with Egypt (so Vulgate Aq Ew De Che Di; > Greek Version of the LXX Ges Hi Kn Brd Du pour a libation; מ׳ not elsewhere = נֶסֶךְ).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

32:4; 32:4; 32:8; 34:17

Leviticus

19:4

Numbers

33:52; 33:52

Deuteronomy

9:12; 9:16; 27:15

Judges

17:3; 17:4; 18:14; 18:17; 18:18

1 Kings

14:9; 14:9

2 Kings

17:16

2 Chronicles

28:2; 34:3; 34:4

Nehemiah

9:18

Psalms

106:19

Isaiah

25:7; 28:20; 30:1; 30:1; 30:22; 30:22; 42:17

Hosea

13:2

Nahum

1:14

Habakkuk

2:18

H4541

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4541 matches the Hebrew מַסֵּכָה (massēḵâ),
which occurs 28 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:4 - He took H3947 this from their hand, H3027 and fashioned H6696 it with a graving H2747 tool H2747 and made H6213 it into a molten H4541 calf; H5695 and they said, H559 “[fn]This H428 is your god, H430 O Israel, H3478 who H834 brought H5927 you up from the land H776 of Egypt.” H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:8 - “They have quickly H4118 turned H5493 aside H5493 from the way H1870 which H834 I commanded H6680 them. They have made H6213 for themselves a molten H4541 calf, H5695 and have worshiped H7812 it and have sacrificed H2076 to it and said, H559 ‘[fn]This H428 is your god, H430 O Israel, H3478 who H834 brought H5927 you up from the land H776 of Egypt!’” H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:17 - “You shall make H6213 for yourself no H3808 molten H4541 gods. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - ‘Do not turn H6437 to idols H457 or make H6213 for yourselves molten H4541 gods; H430 I am the LORD H3068 your God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:52 - then you shall drive H3423 out all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 from before H6440 you, and destroy H6 all H3605 their figured H4906 stones, H4906 and destroy H6 all H3605 their molten H4541 images H4541 and demolish H8045 all H3605 their high H1116 places; H1116

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:12 - “Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to me, ‘Arise, H6965 go H3381 down H3381 from here H2088 quickly, H4118 for your people H5971 whom H834 you brought H3318 out of Egypt H4714 have acted H7843 corruptly. H7843 They have quickly H4118 turned H5493 aside H5493 from the way H1870 which H834 I commanded H6680 them; they have made H6213 a molten H4541 image H4541 for themselves.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:16 - “And I saw H7200 that you had indeed H2009 sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068 your God. H430 You had made H6213 for yourselves a molten H4541 calf; H5695 you had turned H5493 aside H5493 quickly H4118 from the way H1870 which H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - ‘Cursed H779 is the man H376 who H834 makes H6213 [fn]an idol H6459 or a molten H4541 image, H4541 an abomination H8441 to the LORD, H3068 the work H4639 of the hands H3027 of the craftsman, H2796 and sets H7760 it up in secret.’ H5643 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall answer H6030 and say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3 - He then returned H7725 the eleven H505 H3967 hundred H3967 pieces of silver H3701 to his mother, H517 and his mother H517 said, H559 “I wholly H6942 dedicate H6942 the silver H3701 from my hand H3027 to the LORD H3068 for my son H1121 to make H6213 a graven H6459 image H6459 and a molten H4541 image; H4541 now H6258 therefore, I will return H7725 [fn]them to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - So when he returned H7725 the silver H3701 to his mother, H517 his mother H517 took H3947 two hundred H3967 pieces of silver H3701 and gave H5414 them to the silversmith H6884 who made H6213 [fn]them into a graven H6459 image H6459 and a molten H4541 image, H4541 and [fn]they were in the house H1004 of Micah. H4321

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 - Then the five H2568 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H7270 out the country H776 of Laish H3919 said H559 to their kinsmen, H251 “Do you know H3045 that there H3426 are in these H428 houses H1004 an ephod H646 and [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 and a graven H6459 image H6459 and a molten H4541 image? H4541 Now H6258 therefore, consider H3045 what H4100 you should do.” H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - Now the five H2568 men H376 who went H1980 to spy H7270 out the land H776 went H5927 up and entered H935 there, H8033 and took H3947 the graven H6459 image H6459 and the ephod H646 and [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 and the molten H4541 image, H4541 while the priest H3548 stood H5324 by the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179 with the six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 armed H2296 with weapons H3627 of war. H4421

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:18 - When these H428 went H935 into Micah’s H4318 house H1004 and took H3947 the graven H6459 image, H6459 the ephod H646 and [fn]household H8655 idols H8655 and the molten H4541 image, H4541 the priest H3548 said H559 to them, “What H4100 are you doing?” H6213

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:9 - you also have done H6213 more H4480 evil H7489 than H4480 all H3605 who H834 were before H6440 you, and have gone H1980 and made H6213 for yourself other H312 gods H430 and molten H4541 images H4541 to provoke H3707 Me to anger, H3707 and have cast H7993 Me behind H310 your back H1458—

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:16 - They forsook H5800 all H3605 the commandments H4687 of the LORD H3068 their God H430 and made H6213 for themselves molten H4541 images, H4541 even two H8147 calves, H5695 and made H6213 an [fn]Asherah H842 and worshiped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven H8064 and served H5647 Baal. H1168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:2 - But he walked H1980 in the ways H1870 of the kings H4428 of Israel; H3478 he also H1571 made H6213 molten H4541 images H4541 for the Baals. H1168

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:3 - For in the eighth H8083 year H8141 of his reign H4427 while he was still H5750 a youth, H5288 he began H2490 to seek H1875 the God H430 of his father H1 David; H1732 and in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 he began H2490 to purge H2891 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 of the high H1116 places, H1116 the Asherim, H842 the carved H6456 images H6456 and the molten H4541 images. H4541

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:4 - They tore H5422 down H5422 the altars H4196 of the Baals H1168 in his presence, H6440 and the incense H2553 altars H2553 that were high H4605 above H4605 them he chopped H1438 down; H1438 also the Asherim, H842 the carved H6456 images H6456 and the molten H4541 images H4541 he broke H7665 in pieces H7665 and ground H1854 to powder H1854 and scattered H2236 it on the graves H6913 of those who had sacrificed H2076 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:18 - “Even H637 when H3588 they made H6213 for themselves
A calf H5695 of molten H4541 metal H4541
And said, H559 ‘This H2088 is your God H430
Who H834 brought H5927 you up from Egypt,’ H4714
And committed H6213 great H1419 [fn]blasphemies, H5007

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:19 - They made H6213 a calf H5695 in Horeb H2722
And worshiped H7812 a molten H4541 image. H4541

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:7 - And on this H2088 mountain H2022 He will swallow H1104 up the [fn]covering H6440 H3875 which is over H5921 all H3605 peoples, H5971
Even the veil H4541 which is [fn]stretched H5259 over H5921 all H3605 nations. H1471

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20 - The bed H4702 is too H4480 short H7114 on which to stretch H8311 out,
And the blanket H4541 is too [fn]small H6887 to wrap H3664 oneself in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1 - “Woe H1945 to the rebellious H5637 children,” H1121 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068
“Who execute H6213 a plan, H6098 but not Mine, H4480
And [fn]make H5259 an alliance, H4541 but not of My Spirit, H7307
In order H4616 to add H5595 sin H2403 to sin; H2403

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:22 - And you will defile H2930 your graven H6456 images H6456 overlaid H6826 with silver, H3701 and your molten H4541 images H4541 plated H642 with gold. H2091 You will scatter H2219 them as an impure H1739 thing, H1739 and say H559 to [fn]them, “Be gone!” H3318

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17 - They will be turned H5472 back H268 and be utterly H954 put H954 to shame, H954
Who trust H982 in [fn]idols, H6459
Who say H559 to molten H4541 images, H4541
“You are our gods.” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 - And now H6258 they sin H2398 more H3254 and more, H3254
And make H6213 for themselves molten H4541 images, H4541
Idols H6091 [fn]skillfully H8394 made from their silver, H3701
All H3605 of them the work H4639 of craftsmen. H2796
They say H559 of them, “Let the [fn]men H120 who sacrifice H2076 kiss H5401 the calves!” H5695

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:14 - The LORD H3068 has issued H6680 a command H6680 concerning H5921 [fn]you:
“[fn]Your name H8034 will no H3808 longer H5750 be perpetuated. H2232
I will cut H3772 off H3772 [fn]idol H6459 and [fn]image H4541
From the house H1004 of your gods. H430
I will prepare H7760 your grave, H6913
For you are contemptible.” H7043

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - “What H4100 profit H3276 is the [fn]idol H6459 when H3588 its maker H3335 has carved H6458 it,
Or [fn]an image, H4541 a teacher H3384 of falsehood? H8267
For its maker H3335 trusts H982 in his own handiwork H3336
When he fashions H6213 speechless H483 idols. H457
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