מַסֵּכָהmaççêkâh

מַסֵּכָה: 1.

Pronunciation: mas-say-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4541

Meanings

molten metal, or image

2. libation

1. libation (Isaiah 30:1)

2. molten metal, or image (Exodus 32:4; Exodus 32:8; Deuteronomy 9:16)

מַסֵּכָה: woven stuff, web, especially as covering (Isaiah 25:7; Isaiah 28:20; Isaiah 30:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 28 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 32:4 Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded it into the shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they exclaimed, “O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
  • Exodus 32:8 How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live! They have melted down gold and made a calf, and they have bowed down and sacrificed to it. They are saying, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
  • Exodus 34:17 You must not make any gods of molten metal for yourselves.
  • Leviticus 19:4 “Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.
  • Numbers 33:52 you must drive out all the people living there. You must destroy all their carved and molten images and demolish all their pagan shrines.
  • Deuteronomy 9:12 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Get up! Go down immediately, for the people you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live! They have melted gold and made an idol for themselves!’
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).