Maskîyth — H4906

Definition

feminine noun

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

1. show-piece, figure, imagination, image, idol, picture
1. show-piece, carved figure (of idols)
2. imagination, conceit

Usually translated as

conceit, image, imagery, wish, picture

Origin

from the same as H7906

• Same as Sêkûw (H7906)

Greek equivalents

• kryptós (G2927)
• skopós (G4649)
• sýnesis (G4907)

Occurrences

Maskîyth occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Numbers (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (2), Ezekiel (1)

• Leviticus 26:1 — Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image (מַשְׂכִּ֗ית) of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
• Numbers 33:52 — Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures (מַשְׂכִּיֹּתָ֑ם), and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:
• Psalms 73:7 — Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish (מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת).
• Proverbs 18:11 — The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit (בְּמַשְׂכִּיתֽוֹ).
• Proverbs 25:11 — A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures (בְּמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת) of silver.
• Ezekiel 8:12 — Then 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 (מַשְׂכִּית֑וֹ)? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.