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Graven Image
CategoryTheological Term / Idolatry Term
Modern Equivalentan idol carved from wood, stone, or metal; a false god.
KJV Word TypeNoun phrase
DefinitionAn image carved or sculptured from wood, stone, or metal and worshipped as a deity. Expressly forbidden in the second of the Ten Commandments. The OT prophets repeatedly condemn the making and worshipping of graven images as the height of human folly and rebellion against the living God.
Key Verses"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath." (Exodus 20:4)