Definition
or סֵמֶל; from an unused root meaning to resemble; a likeness
Traditional renderings: figure, idol, image.
Traditional renderings: figure, idol, image.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סֶ֫מֶל:
- εἰκώνeikōn“image”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Deuteronomy 4:16סָ֑מֶל · shape…that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,
- 2 Chronicles 33:7הַסֶּ֖מֶל · imageManasseh even took the carved image he had made and set it up in the house of God, of which God had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.
- 2 Chronicles 33:15הַסֶּ֙מֶל֙ · and the idolHe removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, along with all the altars he had built on the temple mount and in Jerusalem, and he dumped them outside the city.
- Ezekiel 8:3סֵ֖מֶל · the idolHe stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
- Ezekiel 8:5סֵ֛מֶל · idol“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.