פֶּסֶל pesel
Hebrew word for “idol” · Strong’s H6459 · used 31 times in 31 verses
Meaning
idol, image; Also means: pe.sil (פָּסִיל "idol" H6456)
How it is translated
Glosses given for pesel in context, with how often each is used:
- idol 13
- carved image 10
- image 8
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 9 | 0.5 | |
| Judges | 8 | 0.8 | |
| Deuteronomy | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 | |
| Habakkuk | 1 | 1.5 |
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 18 (6), Isaiah 44 (4), Deuteronomy 4 (3), Judges 17 (2), Isaiah 40 (2), Exodus 20 (1), Leviticus 26 (1), Deuteronomy 5 (1), Deuteronomy 27 (1), 2 Kings 21 (1)
Forms
- פסל 18
- הפסל 4
- ופסל 3
- מפסל 2
- בפסל 1
- לפסלו 1
- פסלם 1
- ופסלי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with pesel more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מַסֵּכָה massekhah “liquid” 9
- תְּמוּנָה temunah “likeness” 5
- תְּרָפִים teraphim “teraphim” 4
- צָרַף tsaraph “to refine” 4
- אֵפוֹד ephod “ephod” 4
- אֱלִיל elil “idol” 3
- בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 4
- יָעַל yaal “to gain” 3
- שָׁחָה shachah “to bow” 4
- חָרָשׁ charash “artificer” 3
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 5
- אֵל el “God” 4
Key verses
The verses using pesel that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 20:4 — Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water…
- Leviticus 26:1 — Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto…
- Deuteronomy 4:23 — Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing,…
- Deuteronomy 27:15 — Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret…
- 2 Kings 21:7 — And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem,…
- Psalms 97:7 — Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
- Isaiah 40:19 — The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
- Isaiah 44:9 — They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know;…
- Isaiah 45:20 — Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and…
- Jeremiah 10:14 — Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
- Nahum 1:14 — And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the…
- Habakkuk 2:18 — What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to…
See all 31 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.