Psalm 106:19
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
עֵגֶל
ʻêgel
a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
חֹרֵב
Chôrêb
Choreb, a (generic) name for the Sinaitic mountains
שָׁחָה
shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
עֵגֶל ʻêgel
a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
Study H5695 →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)
Study H4541 →שָׁחָה shâchâh
to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
Study H7812 →Cross References
And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
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;
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that d...
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