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עָצָב H6091

H6091 is the Hebrew word עָצָב, transliterated ʻâtsâb and said aw-tsawb'. The King James Version most often renders it idols.

Word: עָצָבTransliteration: ʻâtsâbSaid: aw-tsawb'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 16 verses

What it means

an (idolatrous) image.

Where it comes from

from H6087 (עָצַב).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

idols 14×images 1×more with idols 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: idol, image.

Verses using עָצָב

All 16 verses, quoted in full.

1 Samuel 31:9 · KJV

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

2 Samuel 5:21 · KJV

And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

1 Chronicles 10:9 · KJV

And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

2 Chronicles 24:18 · KJV

And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

Psalm 106:36 · KJV

And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.

Psalm 106:38 · KJV

And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.

Psalm 115:4 · KJV

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Psalm 135:15 · KJV

The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Isaiah 46:1 · KJV

Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

Jeremiah 50:2 · KJV

Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.

Hosea 4:17 · KJV

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

Hosea 8:4 · KJV

They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

Hosea 13:2 · KJV

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

Hosea 14:8 · KJV

Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.

Micah 1:7 · KJV

And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

Zechariah 13:2 · KJV

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6091 mean?

H6091 is the Hebrew word עָצָב (ʻâtsâb), meaning an (idolatrous) image.

How is H6091 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it idols (14 times), images (1 time), more with idols (1 time).

How many times does H6091 appear in the Bible?

עָצָב (ʻâtsâb) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6091 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6087 (עָצַב).

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