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Acts 7:41

At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

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ASV

And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

KJV

And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
ἐμοσχοποίησανemoschopoiēsanthey made a calfG3447 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
ταῖςtaistheG3588 →
ἡμέραιςhēmeraisdaysG2250 →
ἐκείναιςekeinaisthoseG1565 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἀνήγαγονanēgagonofferedG321 →
θυσίανthusiana sacrificeG2378 →
τῷtōto theG3588 →
εἰδώλῳeidōlōidolG1497 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
εὐφραίνοντοeuphrainontothey were rejoicingG2165 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τοῖςtoistheG3588 →
ἔργοιςergoisworksG2041 →
τῶνtōnof theG3588 →
χειρῶνcheirōnhandsG5495 →
αὐτῶν.autōnof them.G846 →

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Exodus 32:4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”Psalms 106:19–21At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.Jeremiah 1:16I will pronounce My judgments against them for all their wickedness, because they have forsaken Me to burn incense to other gods and to worship the works of their own hands.Nehemiah 9:18Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,Hosea 9:10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.Revelation 9:20Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.Habakkuk 2:18–20What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.Isaiah 44:9–20All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.Deuteronomy 9:12–18And the LORD said to me, “Get up and go down from here at once, for your people, whom you brought out of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten image.”Isaiah 2:8–9Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.Exodus 32:17–20When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”Exodus 32:2–8So Aaron told them, “Take off the gold earrings that are on your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”Exodus 32:35And the LORD sent a plague on the people because of what they had done with the calf that Aaron had made.Hosea 8:5He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence?Psalms 106:19At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

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