Maskit מַשְׂכִּית
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| מַשְׂכִּית | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | maskit |
| Strong's number | H4906 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | figure |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (2) |
Maskit (Hebrew מַשְׂכִּית, Strong's H4906) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “figure”. It occurs 6 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) show-piece, figure, imagination, image, idol, picture
1a) show-piece, carved figure (of idols)
1b) imagination, conceit
1a) show-piece, carved figure (of idols)
1b) imagination, conceit
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | pictures (2), image (1), wish (1), conceit (1), imagery (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sculpted (1), their carved images (1), imaginations (1), his imagination (1), settings (1), his own idol (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Maskit, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 26:1Ye 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.“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
Numbers
- Numbers 33:52Then 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:you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
Psalms
- Psalm 73:7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 18:11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
- Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 8:12Then 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.“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).