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Strong's H6456 פְּסִיל (pecil)

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

Strong's Number H6456
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 23
Books 9

Strong's H6456 Quick Answer

Strong's H6456 פְּסִיל (pciyl) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. pciyl (pes-eel') n-m. 1. an idol [from H6458] It has 23 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include graven, idols, and carved. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
pciyl (pes-eel') n-m. 1. an idol [from H6458]
Usage
23 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
graven, idols, and carved

Meaning and Definition

pciyl (pes-eel') n-m. 1. an idol [from H6458] KJV: carved (graven) image, quarry. Root(s): H6458

Original Word
פְּסִיל
Transliteration
pciyl
Derivation
Root: פסל First root strongs: 6458
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6456. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H6456 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render pciyl, 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.

graven Deuteronomy 7:5 14× idols 2 Chronicles 34:7 carved 2 Chronicles 33:22

How Strong's H6456 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 23 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6456 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 H6456 in the Old Testament

23 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 7:5 KJV

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

Deuteronomy 7:25 KJV

The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.

Deuteronomy 12:3 KJV

And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

Usage Excerpts

First 23 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6456.

Deuteronomy 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
Deuteronomy 7:25 Old Testament, KJV
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
Judges 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
Judges 3:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
2 Kings 17:41 Old Testament, KJV
So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
2 Chronicles 33:19 Old Testament, KJV
His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
2 Chronicles 33:22 Old Testament, KJV
But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
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.
2 Chronicles 34:7 Old Testament, KJV
And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
Psalms 78:58 Old Testament, KJV
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Isaiah 10:10 Old Testament, KJV
As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
Isaiah 21:9 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
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 42:8 Old Testament, KJV
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Jeremiah 8:19 Old Testament, KJV
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
Jeremiah 50:38 Old Testament, KJV
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Jeremiah 51:47 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
Jeremiah 51:52 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Hosea 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
Micah 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
Micah 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6456, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H6456 FAQ

What does pecil (פְּסִיל) mean?

Pecil (Strong's H6456) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "quarry". pciyl (pes-eel') n-m. 1. an idol [from H6458]

How many times is pecil (פְּסִיל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 23 linked usages for Strong's H6456 across 9 books.

Where can I study pecil (פְּסִיל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6456 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate pecil (פְּסִיל)?

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