מִפְלֶצֶת
miphletseth · H4656 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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horrible idol
Literally: something that makes one shudder; hence: the image of an idol; which is regarded as reprehensible and repulsive
Examples1 Kings 15:13 And even his mother Maacah, he also removed her from the position of queen mother, because she had made an abominable image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her abominable image and burned it at the brook Kidron.
2 Chronicles 15:16 He also removed Maacah, the mother of King Asa, from the position of queen mother, because she had made an abominable image as an Asherah, and Asa cut down her abominable image, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- הּher 2
What is done to itIt is the object
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- כָּרַתto cut off, to make (a covenant) 2
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 10 words
- גִּלּוּל gillûwl · H1544 · image, idol
- Both are distinct Hebrew words for an idol or image, with the same sense.
- פְּסִיל pᵉçîyl · H6456 · graven image
- Both terms denote physical representations of deities used in idolatrous worship, overlapping directly as words for a cult image.
- סֶמֶל çemel · H5566 · image
- Both terms clearly denote physical cult objects, idols, or images — two distinct words that could substitute for one another when referring to idolatrous representations.
- מַסֵּכָה maççêkâh · H4541 · molten image, covering, blanket
- Both terms denote cult objects or idolatrous images — one a "molten image," the other broadly "idol" — overlapping referents within the semantic space of forbidden objects of worship.
- שִׁקּוּץ shiqqûwts · H8251 · detestable, detestable (deity)
- Both words refer to idols or cult objects. מִפְלֶצֶת (miphletseth, H4656) is a straightforward term for an idol, while שִׁקּוּץ (shiqqûwts, H8251) adds a pejorative sense of abomination.
- צֶלֶם tselem · H6754 · image, likeness, resemblance
- Both terms denote physical representations or images used in cultic contexts, two distinct Hebrew words for cultic images or idols that can substitute for one another in sense.
- מַשְׂכִּית maskîyth · H4906 · stone image, setting
- Both words denote forbidden images or idols and occur in similar contexts of cultic prohibition.
- פֶּסֶל peçel · H6459 · graven image
- Both words denote forbidden cultic images or idols and could substitute for each other.
- עֹצֶב ʻôtseb · H6090 · idol, pain, suffering
- Both words can denote an idol. מִפְלֶצֶת (miphletseth, H4656) has this as its only sense, while עֹצֶב (ʻôtseb, H6090) has a wider range that includes sorrow and wickedness.
- עָצָב ʻâtsâb · H6091 · idol
- Both words denote physical objects used in idolatrous worship; each can mean “idol.”
Semantic domains 2 entries
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4656. miphletseth מִפְלֶ֫צֶת noun feminine horrid thing (thing to shudder at); — מ…
מִפְלֶ֫צֶת noun feminine horrid thing (thing to shudder at); — מ ׳עָֽשְׂתָה לַאֲשֵׁרָה 1Ki 15:13 (of some abominable object of idolatry, not precisely known), so suffix מִפְלַצְתָּהּ 1Ki 15:13 2Ch 15:16 (twice in verse).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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