Definition

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

Etymology

from the same as H7906 (שֵׂכוּ);

Where the KJV renders it

• conceit
• image(-ry)
• picture
• wish

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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