Exodus 34:13

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

"But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:"

Word-by-Word Analysis

But ye shall

שָׁחַת

shâchath

H7843

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

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their

מִזְבֵּחַ

mizbêach

H4196

an altar

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שָׁבַר

shâbar

H7665

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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their

פְּסִיל

pᵉçîyl

H6456

an idol

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and

נָתַח

nâthach

H5408

to dismember

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down their

אֲשֵׁרָה

ʼăshêrâh

H842

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

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Key Terms in This Verse

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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images H6456

פְּסִיל pᵉçîyl

an idol

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break H7665

שָׁבַר shâbar

to burst (literally or figuratively)

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destroy H7843

שָׁחַת shâchath

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

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cut H5408

נָתַח nâthach

to dismember

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Cross References

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...

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 23:24 cross-reference

Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

Deuteronomy 16:21 cross-reference

Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.

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?

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.

Judges 6:25 cross-reference

And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and...

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...

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