Deuteronomy 7:5
"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."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

But thus shall ye deal with them,.... The inhabitants of the land of Canaan: ye shall destroy their altars; on which they sacrificed to their idols: and break down their images; of their gods, and the statues and pillars erected to the honour of them: and cut down their groves; sacred to idols, which were usually planted

on hills, and about Heathen temples, and under which idols were placed to be worshipped. The Targum of Jonathan calls them trees of their adoration, under which they worshipped; though there was a worship paid to them, not indeed directly to them, or for their sakes, but for the sake of the idols they were sacred to, or were placed under them; so Maimonides (e) says, a tree which at first was planted to be worshipped is forbidden of any use (or profit); and this is the or "grove", spoken of in the law, a tree planted and lopped, of which a graven image is made for an idol; and so the tree that has been worshipped, though the body of it is, not forbidden, all the shoots and leaves, and the branches, and the fruits it produces all the time it is worshipped, are forbidden to be used: though the word here used sometimes seems to signify, not a grove of trees, but some image itself, since we read of it in the temple, Kg2 21:7 , and burn their graven images with fire; distinguished from their molten images, which may be meant in a preceding clause, and which are particularly mentioned as to be destroyed as well as these, Num 33:52 . (e) Hilchot Obede Cochabim, c. 8. sect. 3, 4. Vid. Misn. Avodah Zarah, c. 3. sect. 7.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (13 words)

H3588 כִּי
Definition:

Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic, Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic,

Possible Meanings:
  • for (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
H0518 אִם
Definition:

see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf see NöM p. 208, ZMG 1886, p. 739; WAG i. § 367 e)**ᵑ7Onk Jonאִם,ᵑ7Hagאין.1. hypothetical particleif.a.construction(see more fully Dr§ 136-138, 143FriedrichDie Hebr. Condit. sätze 1884): (1) withimperf

Possible Meanings:
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • mother (semantic_range)
  • dam (semantic_range)
  • point of departure (semantic_range)
  • division (semantic_range)
H3541 כֹּה
Definition:

Jerusalem, Mandeanכָּאhere:in Syriac with prefixeshither,(ᵑ6:Jerusalem)hence,where?compareאֵיכָה, p. 32, and Köii. 1, 252) —1of manner,thus(so most frequently, and usually pointing to what is to follo Jerusalem, Mandeanכָּאhere:in Syriac with prefixeshither,(ᵑ6:Jerusalem)hence,where?compareאֵיכָה, p. 32, and Köii. 1, 252) —1of manner,thus(so most frequently, and usually pointing to what is to follo

H6213 עָשָׂה
Definition:

A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows) -- accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows) -- accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly,

Possible Meanings:
  • press (semantic_range)
  • squeeze (semantic_range)
H4196 מִזְבֵּחַ
Definition:

10altar(Arabic,place of slaughter, trench made by torrent, SabeanמדֿבחDHMEpigr. Denkm. 24);׳מabsolute2 Kings 18:22223t.,הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָהExodus 29:1331t.; constructמִזְבַּחExodus 20:2476t., suffixמִזְבְּ 10altar(Arabic,place of slaughter, trench made by torrent, SabeanמדֿבחDHMEpigr. Denkm. 24);׳מabsolute2 Kings 18:22223t.,הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָהExodus 29:1331t.; constructמִזְבַּחExodus 20:2476t., suffixמִזְבְּ

H5422 נָתַץ
Definition:

30+, 3 pluralנָָֽתְצוּ2 Kings 25:10;Jeremiah 52:14, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִתֹּץEzekiel 26:9+Ezekiel 26:12(Co, forᵑ0יִתְּצוּ);וַיִּתֹּץJudges 9:45;2 Kings 23:7; suffixיִתְּצֵנִיJob 19:10,יִ 30+, 3 pluralנָָֽתְצוּ2 Kings 25:10;Jeremiah 52:14, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִתֹּץEzekiel 26:9+Ezekiel 26:12(Co, forᵑ0יִתְּצוּ);וַיִּתֹּץJudges 9:45;2 Kings 23:7; suffixיִתְּצֵנִיJob 19:10,יִ

Possible Meanings:
  • pull down (semantic_range)
  • break down (semantic_range)
  • pull down (semantic_range)
  • be pulled (semantic_range)
  • broken (semantic_range)
H4676 מַצֵּבָה
Definition:

4+,מַצֶּ֫בֶת2 Samuel 18:18a (read׳הַמּᵐ5Dr Bu Kit),2 Samuel 18:18bIsaiah 6:13, constructמַצְּבַת2 Kings 3:2;2 Kings 10:27,מַצֶּ֫בֶתGenesis 35:14,20; suffixמַצַּבְתָּהּIsaiah 6:13; plural absoluteמַצֵּ 4+,מַצֶּ֫בֶת2 Samuel 18:18a (read׳הַמּᵐ5Dr Bu Kit),2 Samuel 18:18bIsaiah 6:13, constructמַצְּבַת2 Kings 3:2;2 Kings 10:27,מַצֶּ֫בֶתGenesis 35:14,20; suffixמַצַּבְתָּהּIsaiah 6:13; plural absoluteמַצֵּ

Possible Meanings:
  • pillar (semantic_range)
  • maṣṣēbā (semantic_range)
  • stump (semantic_range)
H7665 שָׁבַר
Definition:

28;Isaiah 14:5, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁבֹּרJeremiah 19:11,בּוֺר-Isaiah 42:3; 3feminine singularתִּשְׁבָּרֿProverbs 25:15, etc.;Imperativemasculine singularשְׁבֹרPsalm 10:15, suffixשָׁבְ 28;Isaiah 14:5, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׁבֹּרJeremiah 19:11,בּוֺר-Isaiah 42:3; 3feminine singularתִּשְׁבָּרֿProverbs 25:15, etc.;Imperativemasculine singularשְׁבֹרPsalm 10:15, suffixשָׁבְ

Possible Meanings:
  • buy grain (semantic_range)
  • buy grain (semantic_range)
  • sell grain (semantic_range)
H0842 אֲשֵׁרָה
Definition:

16proper name, feminineAshera(Assyrian proper name, feminineAš-ra-tu, with sign for deity, in Canaanitish proper nameAbad-Ašratum, servant of A.SchrZA 1888, 363, compare Wkl & AbelThontafelfundsee El 16proper name, feminineAshera(Assyrian proper name, feminineAš-ra-tu, with sign for deity, in Canaanitish proper nameAbad-Ašratum, servant of A.SchrZA 1888, 363, compare Wkl & AbelThontafelfundsee El

H1438 גָּדַע
Definition:

3;וְגָדַעְתִּ֫י1 Samuel 2:31;ImperfectוָאָגְדַּעZechariah 11:10,14;ParticiplepassiveגְּדוּעָהIsaiah 15:2(so many editions but) Baerגְּרוּעָה; compare below,גְּדֻעִיםIsaiah 10:33; —hew, cut in two, a s 3;וְגָדַעְתִּ֫י1 Samuel 2:31;ImperfectוָאָגְדַּעZechariah 11:10,14;ParticiplepassiveגְּדוּעָהIsaiah 15:2(so many editions but) Baerגְּרוּעָה; compare below,גְּדֻעִיםIsaiah 10:33; —hew, cut in two, a s

Possible Meanings:
  • hew down (semantic_range)
  • off (semantic_range)
H6456 פְסִיל
Definition:

25id.; — plural (מֶּ֫סֶלserving as singular)מְּסִילִיםJudges 3:19+;מְּסִלִיםHosea 11:2+; constructמְּסִילֵיJeremiah 51:47+; suffixמְּסִילֶיךָMicah 5:12, etc.; —idols,Hosea 11:2;Isaiah 10:1010t., + (of 25id.; — plural (מֶּ֫סֶלserving as singular)מְּסִילִיםJudges 3:19+;מְּסִלִיםHosea 11:2+; constructמְּסִילֵיJeremiah 51:47+; suffixמְּסִילֶיךָMicah 5:12, etc.; —idols,Hosea 11:2;Isaiah 10:1010t., + (of

H8313 שָׂרַף
Definition:

9+, 3 feminine singular suffixשְׂרָפָ֫חַםIsaiah 47:14, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׂרֹףNumbers 19:52t., more oftenוַיִּשְׂרֹףExodus 32:20+, 2 masculine pluralתִּשְׂרְפוּןDeuteronomy 7:52t.;In 9+, 3 feminine singular suffixשְׂרָפָ֫חַםIsaiah 47:14, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׂרֹףNumbers 19:52t., more oftenוַיִּשְׂרֹףExodus 32:20+, 2 masculine pluralתִּשְׂרְפוּןDeuteronomy 7:52t.;In

Possible Meanings:
  • seraphim (semantic_range)
H0784 אֵשׂ
Definition:

23(masculineJeremiah 48:45;Psalm 104:4;**masculineis dubious:Numbers 16:18readעָלֶיהָfor 2ndעֲלֵיהֶם(ᵐ5B);Jeremiah 20:9see Ges§ 132 d;Jeremiah 48:45read (many MSS.,Numbers 21:23)יצאה;Psalm 104:4read p 23(masculineJeremiah 48:45;Psalm 104:4;**masculineis dubious:Numbers 16:18readעָלֶיהָfor 2ndעֲלֵיהֶם(ᵐ5B);Jeremiah 20:9see Ges§ 132 d;Jeremiah 48:45read (many MSS.,Numbers 21:23)יצאה;Psalm 104:4read p

Possible Meanings:
  • foundation (semantic_range)

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