Deuteronomy 4:16
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בִּלְתִּי
biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because no...
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
תְּמוּנָה
tᵉmûwnâh
something portioned (i.e. fashioned) out, as ashape, i.e. (indefinitely) phantom, or (specifically) embodiment, or (figuratively) manifestation (of fa...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
גִּזְרָה
gizrâh
the figure or person (as if cut out); also an inclosure (as separated)
דְּמוּת
dᵉmûwth
resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like
זָכָר
zâkâr
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
Key Terms in This Verse
גִּזְרָה gizrâh
the figure or person (as if cut out); also an inclosure (as separated)
Study H1508 →תְּמוּנָה tᵉmûwnâh
something portioned (i.e. fashioned) out, as ashape, i.e. (indefinitely) phantom, or (specifically) embodiment, or (figuratively) manifestation (of favor)
Study H8544 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →דְּמוּת dᵉmûwth
resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, like
Study H1823 →זָכָר zâkâr
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
Study H2145 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →בִּלְתִּי biltîy
properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.
Study H1115 →Cross References
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden th...
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do ...
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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