Strong H4906מַשְׂכִּית
figure
- Transliteration
- maώkîyth
- Pronunciation
- mas-keeth'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From the same as H7906; a figure (carved on {stone} the {wall} or any object); figuratively imagination: - {conceit} image ({-ry}) {picture} X wish.
Detailed definition
1) show-piece, figure, imagination, image, idol, picture
1a) show-piece, carved figure (of idols)
1b) imagination, conceit
1a) show-piece, carved figure (of idols)
1b) imagination, conceit
In the Bible
Strong H4906 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- picture2
- conceit1
- image1
- imagery1
- wish1
First verses
- Leviticus 26:1Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
- Numbers 33:52Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
- Psalms 73:7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
- Proverbs 18:11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
- Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
- Ezekiel 8:12Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.