עָצָב
ʻâtsâb · aw-tsawb'
an (idolatrous) image
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6087 (עָצַב);
an (idolatrous) image
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: idol, image.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within
To see and know that works to pursue the straight path of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָצָב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- their idols3 · 18%
- and idols2 · 12%
- of their idols1 · 6%
- their images1 · 6%
- unto their idols1 · 6%
- unto the idols1 · 6%
- the idols1 · 6%
- and her idols1 · 6%
- her idols1 · 6%
- to idols1 · 6%
- them idols1 · 6%
- shall say, what have i to do any more with idols1 · 6%
- and all the idols1 · 6%
- of the idols1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.