Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H6456

Strong's H6456 · Hebrew

פְּסִיל

pᵉçîyl · /pes-eel'/

Number
H6456
Language
Hebrew
Original word
פְּסִיל
Transliteration
pᵉçîyl
Pronunciation
pes-eel'
KJV occurrences
23 verses

Definition

an idol

KJV: carved (graven) image, quarry.

Root / derivation: from H6458 (פָּסַל);

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered פְּסִיל across 23 verses.

images21×
quarries2×

Every occurrence (KJV)

23 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Deuteronomy3 verses
Judges2 verses
2 Kings1 verse
2 Chronicles5 verses
2 Chronicles 33:19

His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. the seers: or, Hosai

2 Chronicles 33:22

But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;

2 Chronicles 34:3

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

2 Chronicles 34:4

And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. the images: or, the sun images graves: Heb. face of the graves

2 Chronicles 34:7

And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. into: Heb. to make powder

Psalms1 verse
Isaiah4 verses
Jeremiah4 verses
Jeremiah 8:19

Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? them: Heb. the country of them that are far off

Jeremiah 50:38

A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.

Jeremiah 51:47

Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. do: Heb. visit upon

Jeremiah 51:52

Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.

Hosea1 verse
Micah2 verses

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Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H6456 (pᵉçîyl) mean?

an idol

How many times does H6456 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H6456 (פְּסִיל) appears in 23 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “images.”

How is pᵉçîyl translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H6456 is rendered as “images” (21×), “quarries” (2×).

Where does the Hebrew word פְּסִיל come from?

from H6458 (פָּסַל);