The meaning of “מַשְׂכִּית”
Understanding maskîyth reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
conceit, image(-ry), picture, [idiom] wish. - a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object) - figuratively, imagin...
מַשְׂכִּית
conceit, image(-ry), picture, [idiom] wish. - a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object) - figuratively, imagination 1) show-piece, figure, imagination, image, idol, picture 1a) show-piece, carved figure (of idols) 1b) imagination, conceit
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 26:1 | “Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.” Word: מַשְׂכִּית (maskîyth) | |
| Numbers 33:52 | “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:” Word: מַשְׂכִּית (maskîyth) | |
| Psalms 73:7 | “Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.” Word: מַשְׂכִּית (maskîyth) | |
| Proverbs 25:11 | “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” Word: מַשְׂכִּית (maskîyth) | |
| Ezekiel 8:12 | “Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.” Word: מַשְׂכִּית (maskîyth) |
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