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title: עָצָב — idol · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָצָב (6091), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: idol. BDB 1906: idol. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָצָב

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«עָצָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **idol** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 17 times · **Key:** 6091 · **BDB:** עָצָב

### Glosses

idols (10); the.idols (3); images (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

idol [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6091/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

idol [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6091/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] idol;—always pl. עֲצַבִּים (Ges§ 93 ee); Ho 4:17; 8:4 (כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב), 13:2 (כֶּסֶף, ‖ מַסֵּכָה), 14:9; Zc 13:2; 2 Ch 24:18 (+ אֲשֵׁרִים); cstr. עֲצַבֵּי ψ 106:38; 135:15 (כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב); sf. עֲצַבֶּיהָ Is 10:11 (‖ אֱלִילֶיהָ), Je 50:2 (‖ גִּלּוּלֶיהָ), Mi 1:7; עֲצַבֵּיהֶם 1 S 31:9 = 1 Ch 10:9; 2 S 5:21 (but read אֱלֹהֵיהֶם as ‖ 1 Ch 14:12, so 𝔊 We Dr al.), Is 46:1 ψ 106:36; 115:4 (כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָצָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6091/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 4:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.4.17/)

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חֲב֧וּר עֲצַבִּ֛ים אֶפְרָ֖יִם הַֽנַּֽח־לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].joined of.idols Ephraim leave.alone (to) him

*JPS 1917:* Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.

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[Psalms 115:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.115.4/)

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עֲ‍ֽ֭צַבֵּיהֶם כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֑ב מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה יְדֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* idols their \[are\].silver and gold \[the\].work of.\[the\].hands of.humankind

*JPS 1917:* Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

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