עָצָבʻâtsâb
idol (Hosea 4:17; Hosea 8:6; Hosea 13:2; Hosea 14:9; Zechariah 13:2)
Pronunciation: aw-tsawb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6091
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 31:9 So they cut off Saul’s head and stripped off his armor. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s death in their pagan temple and to the people throughout the land of Philistia.
- 2 Samuel 5:21 The Philistines had abandoned their idols there, so David and his men confiscated them.
- 1 Chronicles 10:9 So they stripped off Saul’s armor and cut off his head. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s death before their idols and to the people throughout the land of Philistia.
- 2 Chronicles 24:18 They decided to abandon the Temple of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and they worshiped Asherah poles and idols instead! Because of this sin, divine anger fell on Judah and Jerusalem.
- Psalms 106:36 They worshiped their idols, which led to their downfall.
- Psalms 106:38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.
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).