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Leviticus 19:4

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← Leviticus 19:3	Leviticus 19:4 (KJV)	Leviticus 19:5 →
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.	Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I [am] the LORD your God.	And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Turn^H6437 ye not unto idols^H457, nor make^H6213 to yourselves molten^H4541 gods^H430: I am the LORD^H3068 your God^H430.

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Original Hebrew

אַל־תִּפְנוּ אֶל־הָאֱלִילִים וֵאלֹהֵי מַסֵּכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ לָכֶם אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
תִּפְנוּ֙	tif.Nu	H6437	HVqj2mp	you turn
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הָ֣/אֱלִילִ֔ים	ha./'e.li.Lim	H457	HTd/Ncmpa	(the)/ worthless idols
וֵֽ/אלֹהֵי֙	ve./lo.Hei	H430	HC/Ncmpc	and/ gods of
מַסֵּכָ֔ה	ma.se.Khah	H4541	HNcfsa	molten metal
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תַעֲשׂ֖וּ	ta.'a.Su	H6213	HVqi2mp	you must make
לָ/כֶ֑ם	la./Khem		HR/Sp2mp	for (the)/ yourselves
אֲנִ֖י	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	(am) Yahweh
אֱלֹהֵי/כֶֽם	'e.lo.hei./Khem	H430	HNcmpc/Sp2mp	God/ your

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H457 — אֱלִיל (ʼĕlîyl, el-eel'): apparently from אַל; good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol; idol, no value, thing of nought.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H4541 — מַסֵּכָה (maççêkâh, mas-say-kaw'): from נָסַךְ; properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out); covering, molten (image), vail.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6437 — פָּנָה (pânâh, paw-naw'): a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.; appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• molten gods — Exodus 20:23, Exodus 32:4, Exodus 34:17, Deuteronomy 27:15, Haggai 2:18
• not unto — Leviticus 26:1

Reciprocal references (6): Exodus 20:4, Leviticus 18:2, Judges 17:3, 1 Chronicles 16:26, 2 Chronicles 28:2, Daniel 3:18

Related Topics

• Nave’s: IDOLATRY, MOLDING

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