Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4906
מַשְׂכִּית
maskithmas-keeth'
figure
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: maskîyth
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4906is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4906
a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object); figuratively, imagination
The King James renders it: conceit, image(-ry), picture, [idiom] wish.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
maskith is rendered "figure". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 26:1“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 26:1מַשְׂכִּ֗ית
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a carved image1
- carved image his1
- carved images their1
- imaginations of1
- in own imagination his1
- in settings of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַשְׁקֶה | mashqeh | cupbearer | Uses19 |
| מַשְׂאֵת | maseth | tribute | Uses15 |
| מַשְׁחִית | mashchith | destruction | Uses12 |
| מַשְׁמָן | mashman | fat | Uses7 |
| מַשְׂכֹּרֶת | maskoreth | wage | Uses4 |
| מַשְׁרוֹקִי | mashroqi | flute | Uses4 |
| מַשְׁקוֹף | mashqoph | lintel | Uses3 |
| מַשְׂטֵמָה | mastemah | hatred | Uses2 |
| מַשְׁאָב | mashab | well | Uses1 |
| מַשְׁחֵת | mashcheth | destruction | Uses1 |
| מַשְׂרֵת | masreth | pan | Uses1 |
| מַשְׂכִּיל | maskil | Maskil | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת1
- בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ׃1
- מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת1
- מַשְׂכִּ֗ית1
- מַשְׂכִּית֑וֹ1
- מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָ֑ם1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfpc
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfpc/Sp3mp
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfpc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
Leviticus
one use
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
- מַשְׂכִּ֗יתmaskitnoun · feminine singulartagged: a carved image
Numbers
one use
you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
- מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָ֑םmaskiyotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: carved images their
Psalms
one use
From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.
- מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹתmaskiyotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: imaginations of
Proverbs
two uses
A rich man’s wealth is his fortified city; it is like a high wall in his imagination.
- בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ׃bemaskitopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in own imagination his
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
- בְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹתbemaskiyotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in settings of
Ezekiel
one use
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
- מַשְׂכִּית֑וֹmaskitonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: carved image his
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.