תְּמוּנָהtᵉmûwnâh
likeness, form, likeness, representation (Exodus 20:4; Deuteronomy 4:16; Psalms 17:15; Deuteronomy 5:8; Deuteronomy 4:23)
Pronunciation: tem-oo-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8544
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 20:4 “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea.
- Numbers 12:8 I speak to him face to face, clearly, and not in riddles! He sees the Lord as he is. So why were you not afraid to criticize my servant Moses?”
- Deuteronomy 4:12 And the Lord spoke to you from the heart of the fire. You heard the sound of his words but didn’t see his form; there was only a voice.
- Deuteronomy 4:15 “But be very careful! You did not see the Lord’s form on the day he spoke to you from the heart of the fire at Mount Sinai.
- Deuteronomy 4:16 So do not corrupt yourselves by making an idol in any form—whether of a man or a woman,
- Deuteronomy 4:23 So be careful not to break the covenant the Lord your God has made with you. Do not make idols of any shape or form, for the Lord your God has forbidden this.
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).