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Strong's H4541 מַסֵּכָה (maccekah)

Maccekah means “covering” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4541 — samareites (“Samaritan”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4541
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 28
Books 14

Strong's H4541 Quick Answer

Strong's H4541 מַסֵּכָה (maccekah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. maccekah (mas-say-kaw') n-f. 1. (properly) a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image) 2. (by implication) a libation, i.e. league It has 28 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include image, cast, and over. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
maccekah (mas-say-kaw') n-f. 1. (properly) a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image) 2. (by implication) a libation, i.e. league
Usage
28 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
image, cast, and over

Meaning and Definition

maccekah (mas-say-kaw') n-f. 1. (properly) a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image) 2. (by implication) a libation, i.e. league 3. (concretely) a coverlet (as if poured out) [from H5258] KJV: covering, molten (image), vail. Root(s): H5258

Original Word
מַסֵּכָה
Transliteration
maccekah
Derivation
Root: נסך First root strongs: 5258
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4541. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

liquid

Usage: 1) a pouring, libation, molten metal, cast image, drink offering 1a) libation (with covenant sacrifice) 1b) molten metal, molten image, molten gods

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How Strong's H4541 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render maccekah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

image Deuteronomy 9:12 10× cast 1 Kings 14:9 over Isaiah 25:7

How Strong's H4541 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 28 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4541 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4541 in the Old Testament

28 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 32:4 KJV

And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 32:8 KJV

They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Usage Excerpts

First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4541.

Exodus 32:4 Old Testament, KJV
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 32:8 Old Testament, KJV
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 34:17 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
Leviticus 19:4 Old Testament, KJV
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
Numbers 33:52 Old Testament, KJV
Then 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:
Deuteronomy 9:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
Deuteronomy 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
Deuteronomy 27:15 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Judges 17:3 Old Testament, KJV
And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
Judges 17:4 Old Testament, KJV
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
Judges 18:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.
Judges 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war.
Judges 18:18 Old Testament, KJV
And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
1 Kings 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
2 Kings 17:16 Old Testament, KJV
And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
2 Chronicles 28:2 Old Testament, KJV
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
2 Chronicles 34:3 Old Testament, KJV
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
2 Chronicles 34:4 Old Testament, KJV
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
Nehemiah 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Psalms 106:19 Old Testament, KJV
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Isaiah 25:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations.
Isaiah 28:20 Old Testament, KJV
For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Isaiah 30:1 Old Testament, KJV
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
Isaiah 30:22 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.
Isaiah 42:17 Old Testament, KJV
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
Hosea 13:2 Old Testament, KJV
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Nahum 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
Habakkuk 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4541, grouped by book.

Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H4541 FAQ

What does maccekah (מַסֵּכָה) mean?

Maccekah (Strong's H4541) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "covering". maccekah (mas-say-kaw') n-f. 1. (properly) a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image) 2. (by implication) a libation, i.e. league

How many times is maccekah (מַסֵּכָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's H4541 across 14 books.

Where can I study maccekah (מַסֵּכָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4541 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate maccekah (מַסֵּכָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as image, cast, and over. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.