To any people, who had not been conversant in that country, it had been sufficient to say, “Thou shalt make no graven image, nor frame any similitude of things.” But the commandment is dilated, and the nature of the objects pointed out, for the sake of the Israelites. This Commandment seems to have been framed with a view to the worship of Egypt. graven image, or any likeness The Hebrew word, translated “graven image,” properly signifies a statue made of wood or stone that translated “likeness,” means a picture drawn on a wall or flat surface.

And to such worshippers, who thus love and obey the Lord, He hath promised His especial mercy. That He be worshipped both in body and spirit. In the same Commandment are enjoined these duties: 1. Because the Lord is a jealous God, Isa 42:8, and a severe punisher of idolaters. The worshipping of Him after a false manner.

The neglect of the worship of the true God. The worshipping of such an image or any other creature. The appointing of any kind of image for religious worship. In this second Commandment, which concerns the worship of God, are forbidden these sins 1. 4 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, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me (Exodus 20:4-5 KJV) British Family Bible

Graven image hebrew definition