Deuteronomy 12:3

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And ye shall

הָפַךְ

hâphak

H2015

to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

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their

מִזְבֵּחַ

mizbêach

H4196

an altar

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and

שָׁבַר

shâbar

H7665

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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their

עַמּוּד

ʻammûwd

H5982

a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform

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and

שָׂרַף

sâraph

H8313

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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their

אֲשֵׁרָה

ʼăshêrâh

H842

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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with

אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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and ye shall

פָּסַל

pâçal

H6458

to carve, whether wood or stone

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down the

חָרַת

chârath

H2801

to engrave

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פְּסִיל

pᵉçîyl

H6456

an idol

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of their

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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and

שָׁחַת

shâchath

H7843

to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

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the

שֵׁם

shêm

H8034

an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

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of them out of that

מָקוֹם

mâqôwm

H4725

properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)

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Key Terms in This Verse

hew H6458

פָּסַל pâçal

to carve, whether wood or stone

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overthrow H2015

הָפַךְ hâphak

to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert

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groves H842

אֲשֵׁרָה ʼăshêrâh

Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same

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altars H4196

מִזְבֵּחַ mizbêach

an altar

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graven H2801

חָרַת chârath

to engrave

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images H6456

פְּסִיל pᵉçîyl

an idol

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pillars H5982

עַמּוּד ʻammûwd

a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform

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names H8034

שֵׁם shêm

an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

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burn H8313

שָׂרַף sâraph

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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break H7665

שָׁבַר shâbar

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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Cross References

Zechariah 13:2 cross-reference

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and...

Numbers 33:52 cross-reference

Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

Judges 2:2 cross-reference

And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

Psalm 16:4 cross-reference

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

Deuteronomy 7:5 cross-reference

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

Exodus 23:13 cross-reference

And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

Revelation 13:1 cross-reference

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

Jeremiah 17:2 cross-reference

Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.

2 Kings 18:4 cross-reference

He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it...

2 Chronicles 34:3 cross-reference

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...

2 Chronicles 19:3 cross-reference

Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

Micah 5:14 cross-reference

And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.

2 Chronicles 31:1 cross-reference

Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out...

Hosea 2:17 cross-reference

For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

2 Kings 23:14 cross-reference

And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

1 Kings 15:13 cross-reference

And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

2 Chronicles 14:3 cross-reference

For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:

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