פְּסִיל
pᵉçîyl · pes-eel'
an idol
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6458 (פָּסַל);
an idol
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: carved (graven) image, quarry.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to support and uphold › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads
To speak, the word that works to support and uphold of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פְּסִיל 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the graven images3 · 13%
- their graven images2 · 9%
- and the carved images2 · 9%
- with their graven images2 · 9%
- and all the graven images2 · 9%
- to graven images2 · 9%
- from the quarries1 · 4%
- the quarries1 · 4%
- and graven images1 · 4%
- unto all the carved images1 · 4%
- and whose graven images1 · 4%
- of thy graven images1 · 4%
- of graven images1 · 4%
- upon the graven images1 · 4%
- upon her graven images1 · 4%
- thy graven images1 · 4%
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.