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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 a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - "'You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:23 - Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:25 - After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the LORD your God that enrage him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - 'Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image - something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman - and sets it up in a secret place.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3 - When he gave back to his mother the eleven hundred pieces of silver, his mother said, "I solemnly dedicate this silver to the LORD. It will be for my son's benefit. We will use it to make a carved image and a metal image."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:14 - The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen, "Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:18 - When these men broke into Micah's house and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, 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 happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:30 - The Danites worshiped the carved image. Jonathan, descendant of Gershom, son of Moses, and his descendants served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:31 - They worshiped Micah's carved image the whole time God's authorized shrine was in Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:7 - He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon, "This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:7 - He put an idolatrous image he had made in God's temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, "This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 - To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:17 - Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, 'You are our gods.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:10 - Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:15 - A man uses it to make a fire; he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes 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 - With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying, 'Rescue me, for you are my god!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:20 - Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:5 - I announced them to you beforehand; before they happened, I predicted them for you, so you could never say, 'My image did these things, my idol, my cast image, decreed them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:14 - All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:17 - All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:14 - The LORD has issued a decree against you: "Your dynasty will come to an end. I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods. I will desecrate your grave - because you are accursed!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?
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