Word Study · Strong's H6091 · Hebrew
עָצָב
atsab
aw-tsawb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻâtsâb
“an (idolatrous) image”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an (idolatrous) image
Rendered in the KJV as
idol, image.
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 10 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑ם2
- עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֖ם2
- עֲצַבִּ֔ים2
- הָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים1
- הָֽעֲצַבִּים֙1
- וְלַעֲצַבֶּֽיהָ׃ ס1
- לַעֲצַבֵּ֣י1
- לָֽעֲצַבִּ֑ים1
- עֲצַבֵּ֣י1
- עֲצַבֶּ֔יהָ1
- עֲצַבֶּ֖יהָ1
- עֲֽ֭צַבֵּיהֶם1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 9
- idols their6
- idols3
- the idols2
- [the] idols of1
- and to images its1
- idols its1
- images its1
- to [the] idols of1
- to the idols1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural6
- noun · masculine plural3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpc/Sp3mp · 6
- HNcmpa · 3
- HNcmpc/Sp3fs · 2
- HTd/Ncmpa · 2
- HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp3fs · 1
- HNcmpc · 1
- HR/Ncmpc · 1
- HRd/Ncmpa · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Psalms carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms4 occurrences
- Psalms 106:36עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑םʾatzabeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.here: idols their
- Psalms 106:38לַעֲצַבֵּ֣יlaatzabeipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.here: to [the] idols of
- Psalms 115:4עֲֽ֭צַבֵּיהֶםʾatzabeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralTheir idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.here: idols their
- Psalms 135:15עֲצַבֵּ֣יʾatzabeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.here: [the] idols of
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 10:11וְלַעֲצַבֶּֽיהָ׃ סvelaatzabeihaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularand as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”here: and to images its
- Isaiah 46:1עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֔םʾatzabeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralBel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.here: idols their
Hosea4 occurrences
- Hosea 4:17עֲצַבִּ֛יםʾatzabimnoun · masculine pluralEphraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!here: idols
- Hosea 8:4עֲצַבִּ֔יםʾatzabimnoun · masculine pluralThey set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.here: idols
- Hosea 13:2עֲצַבִּ֔יםʾatzabimnoun · masculine pluralNow they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”here: idols
- Hosea 14:8לָֽעֲצַבִּ֑יםlaatzabimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralO Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.here: to the idols