Exodus 32:4

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And he

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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them at their

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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and

צוּר

tsûwr

H6696

to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)

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it with a

פִּתּוּחַ

pittûwach

H6603

sculpture (in low or high relief or even intaglio)

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חֶרֶב

chereb

H2719

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

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אַחַר

ʼachar

H310

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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he had

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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it a

מַסֵּכָה

maççêkâh

H4541

properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured...

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עֵגֶל

ʻêgel

H5695

a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)

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and they

אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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These be thy

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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O

יִשְׂרָאֵל

Yisrâʼêl

H3478

Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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which

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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thee up out of the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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of

מִצְרַיִם

Mitsrayim

H4714

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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Key Terms in This Verse

graving H6603

פִּתּוּחַ pittûwach

sculpture (in low or high relief or even intaglio)

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tool H2719

חֶרֶב chereb

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

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fashioned H6696

צוּר tsûwr

to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)

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calf H5695

עֵגֶל ʻêgel

a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)

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molten H4541

מַסֵּכָה maççêkâh

properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out)

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received H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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gods H430

אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym

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 deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Egypt H4714

מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim

Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

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brought H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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after H310

אַחַר ʼachar

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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Cross References

Nehemiah 9:18 cross-reference

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

Deuteronomy 9:16 cross-reference

And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.

1 Kings 12:28 cross-reference

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egyp...

Acts 7:41 cross-reference

And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

Exodus 32:8 cross-reference

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, w...

2 Kings 10:29 cross-reference

Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

Hosea 13:2 cross-reference

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men tha...

2 Chronicles 11:15 cross-reference

And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.

Isaiah 46:6 cross-reference

They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

Hosea 10:5 cross-reference

The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is d...

Acts 17:29 cross-reference

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.

2 Chronicles 13:8 cross-reference

And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

Exodus 20:23 cross-reference

Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

Exodus 20:2 cross-reference

I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 32:1 cross-reference

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for ...

Exodus 28:9 cross-reference

And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

1 Kings 12:32 cross-reference

And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the cal...

Exodus 28:11 cross-reference

With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

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