תְּמוּנָה temunah

Hebrew word for “likeness” · Strong’s H8544 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

form, image, likeness, representation, semblance

How it is translated

Glosses given for temunah in context, with how often each is used:

• form 9
• likeness 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 4 (5), Exodus 20 (1), Numbers 12 (1), Deuteronomy 5 (1), Job 4 (1), Psalms 17 (1)

Forms

• תמונה 4
• תמונת 3
• ותמנת 1
• ותמונה 1
• תמונתך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with temunah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• פֶּסֶל pesel “idol” 5
• מַרְאֶה mareh “appearance” 2
• פֶּן־ pen “lest” 2
• מַעַל maal “above” 2
• שָׁחַת shachat “to ruin” 2
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 3
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 2
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 2
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 2
• קוֹל qol “voice” 2
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 2
• תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 2

Key verses

The verses using temunah 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…
• Numbers 12:8 — With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not…
• Deuteronomy 4:12 — And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
• Deuteronomy 4:15 — Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
• Deuteronomy 4:16 — Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
• 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 4:25 — When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or…
• Deuteronomy 5:8 — Thou shalt not make 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 waters…
• Job 4:16 — It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
• Psalms 17:15 — As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

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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.