Bible dictionaries
Golden calf
What Bible dictionaries say about “Golden calf”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Golden calf - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
(Ex. 32:4, 8; Deut. 9:16; Neh. 9:18). This was a molten image of a calf which the idolatrous Israelites formed at Sinai. This symbol was borrowed from the custom of the Egyptians. It was destroyed at the command of Moses (Ex. 32:20). (See [246]AARON; [247]MOSES.)
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
gold'-'-n: Probably a representation of the sun in Taurus.
See ASTROLOGY, 7; CALF, GOLDEN.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915