עָצָב atsav
Hebrew word for “idol” · Strong’s H6091 · used 17 times in 17 verses
Meaning
idol, image
How it is translated
Glosses given for atsav in context, with how often each is used:
- idols 15
- images 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Hosea | 4 | 1.7 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Zechariah | 1 | 0.3 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 106 (2), 1 Samuel 31 (1), 2 Samuel 5 (1), 1 Chronicles 10 (1), 2 Chronicles 24 (1), Psalms 115 (1), Psalms 135 (1), Isaiah 10 (1), Isaiah 46 (1), Jeremiah 50 (1)
Forms
- עצביהם 6
- עצבים 3
- העצבים 2
- עצביה 2
- לעצבי 1
- עצבי 1
- ולעצביה 1
- לעצבים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with atsav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בֵּל bel “Bel” 2
- כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 4
- בָּשַׂר basar “to bear tidings” 2
- מַעֲשֶׂה maaseh “deed” 3
- כָּרַת karat “to cut” 3
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 3
- פָּשַׁט pashat “to strip” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 3
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 3
- זָבַח zavach “to sacrifice” 2
- אֶפְרַיִם ephrayim “Ephraim” 2
- עָזַב azav “to leave” 2
Key verses
The verses using atsav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 2 Chronicles 24:18 — And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
- Psalms 106:36 — And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
- Psalms 115:4 — Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
- Psalms 135:15 — The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
- Isaiah 46:1 — Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
- Jeremiah 50:2 — Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in…
- Hosea 4:17 — Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
- Hosea 8:4 — They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be…
- Hosea 13:2 — And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the…
- Hosea 14:8 — Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
- Micah 1:7 — And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay…
- Zechariah 13:2 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be…
See all 17 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.