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# פֶּסֶל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6459

**idol** — used 31 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

idol [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6459/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פֶּ֫סֶל: n.m. idol, image; [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6459/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Hb 2:18 idol, image;—abs. פ׳ Ju 17:3 +, פָּ֑סֶל Is 42:17; cstr. פֶּסֶל Ju 18:31 +; sf. פִּסְלִי Is 48:5, etc.; pl. supplied by פְּסִילִים, v. foll.;—idol, as likeness of man or animal Ex 20:4 = Dt 5:8; Dt 4:16, 23, 25, also 27:15; 2 K 21:7; 2 Ch 33:7; Is 42:17; 44:9; 48:5; Na 1:14; Hb 2:18 (of wood or stone, cf. v 19); of metal Ju 17:3, 4 + 6 times 18 (cf. GFM), Is 40:19; 44:10 (c. נָסַךְ), Je 10:14; 51:17 (c. צוֹרֵף); of wood Is 40:20; 44:15, 17; 45:20.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: idol (6); an idol (5); an image (5).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 44:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.10/#tree)

מִֽי־יָצַ֥ר אֵ֖ל וּפֶ֣סֶל נָסָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הוֹעִֽיל׃

*Word for word:* who? has.he.formed a.god and an.idol has.he.cast? to not to.confer.profit

*JPS 1917:* Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

[Psalms 97:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.97.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.97.7/#tree)

יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ ׀ כָּל־עֹ֬בְדֵי פֶ֗סֶל הַמִּֽתְהַלְלִ֥ים בָּאֱלִילִ֑ים הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ־ל֝וֹ כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* let.them.be.ashamed all \[those.who\].serve (of).an.image \[those who\].boast in.(the) worthless idols bow.down to him O.all gods

*JPS 1917:* Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of things of nought; bow down to Him, all ye gods.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6459.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6459/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).