פֶּסֶל
peçel · peh'-sel
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.
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
- 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 › authority, the one who leads
To speak, the word that works to support and uphold of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פֶּסֶל 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
31 occurrences · 31 OT · 0 NT · 21 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a graven image7 · 23%
- the graven image4 · 13%
- you a graven image2 · 6%
- by the graven image2 · 6%
- unto thee any graven image1 · 3%
- nor graven image1 · 3%
- thee any graven image1 · 3%
- any graven1 · 3%
- thereof a graven image1 · 3%
- and a graven image1 · 3%
- the carved image1 · 3%
- and the graven image1 · 3%
- graven image1 · 3%
- a carved image1 · 3%
- graven images1 · 3%
- in graven images1 · 3%
- it a graven image1 · 3%
- even his graven image1 · 3%
- of their graven image1 · 3%
- them, and my graven image1 · 3%
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.