עָצָב
a.tsav
“idol”
Definition
an (idolatrous) image
from H6087 (עָצַב);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עָצָב appears 16 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
They set up kings, but not by Me.They make princes, but without My approval.With their silver and gold they make themselves idols,to their own destruction.
“Announce and declare to the nations;lift up a banner and proclaim it;hold nothing back when you say,‘Babylon is captured;Bel is put to shame;Marduk is shattered,her images are disgraced,her idols are broken in pieces.’
They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters,whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,and the land was polluted with blood.
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