פֶּסֶל
pesel
idol
Strong's H6459NounHebrewTWOT 1788a

פֶּסֶל (pesel) is a Hebrew noun meaning idol. It appears 30 times in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6459).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1788a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1788a)idol, image; carved image
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

פֶּ֫סֶל noun, masculine: idol, image

Strong's H6459 פֶּסֶל: an idol
KJV:carved (graven) image.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1788: פָּסַל pāsal — hew, hew into shape; carve; grave

See it in Scripture

Exodus 20:4Leviticus 26:1Deuteronomy 4:16

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