Word Study · Strong's H4906 · Hebrew

מַשְׂכִּית

maskith

mas-keeth'

Strong's 1890 spelling: maskîyth

“a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a figure (carved on stone, the wall, or any object); figuratively, imagination

Rendered in the KJV as

conceit, image(-ry), picture, [idiom] wish.

6
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
6
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 6 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 6

בְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת1
בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ׃1
מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת1
מַשְׂכִּ֗ית1
מַשְׂכִּית֑וֹ1
מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָ֑ם1

How it is rendered · 6

[the] imaginations of1
a carved image1
carved image his1
carved images their1
in own imagination his1
in settings of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 6

noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
noun · feminine singular1
noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcfpc · 1
HNcfpc/Sp3mp · 1
HNcfsa · 1
HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 1
HR/Ncfpc · 1
HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1

All 6, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Proverbs2 of 6 · 33%
Leviticus1 of 6 · 17%
Numbers1 of 6 · 17%
Psalms1 of 6 · 17%
Ezekiel1 of 6 · 17%

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Leviticus1 occurrence

Leviticus 26:1מַשְׂכִּ֗יתmaskitnoun · feminine singular“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.here: a carved image

Numbers1 occurrence

Numbers 33:52מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָ֑םmaskiyotamnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralyou 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.here: carved images their

Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 73:7מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹתmaskiyotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.here: [the] imaginations of

Proverbs2 occurrences

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 8:12מַשְׂכִּית֑וֹmaskitonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular“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.’”here: carved image his

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