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the rendering in the A.V. in three passages of two Hebrew words which are from the same root (, to look at).
1. Maskith, , an image; used alone, either literally (plur. “pictures,” Pro 25:11) or in the sense of imagination (“conceit,” Pro 18:11; plur. “wish,” Psa 73:7); with , a stone (“image of stone,” Lev 26:1; plur. ” pictures,” Num 33:52); with , an apartment (plur. “chambers of imagery” [ q.v.], Eze 8:12), “it denotes idolatrous representations, either independent images, or more usually stones ‘portrayed,’ i.e., sculptured in low relief, or engraved and colored (Eze 23:14; Layard, Nin. and Bab. 2:306, 308). Movable pictures, in the modern sense, were doubtless unknown to the Jews; but colored sculptures and drawings on walls or on wood, as mummy-cases, must have been familiar to them in Egypt (see Wilkinson, Anc. Egyptians, 2:277). In later times we read of portraits (), perhaps busts or intagli, sent by Alexandra to Antony (Josephus, Ant. 15:2, 6). The ‘pictures of silver’ of Pro 25:11, were probably wall-surfaces or cornices with carvings, and the ‘apples of gold’ representations of fruit or foliage, like Solomon’s flowers and pomegranates (1Ki 6:7). The walls of Babvlon wlere ornamented with pictures on enamelled brick.”
2. Sekiyah, , the flag of a ship, as seen from afar (plur. “picture,” Isa 2:16). The Phoenician and Egyptian vessels had their flags and sails of purple and other splendid colors (see Eze 27:7; comp. Diod. Sic. 1, 51; Wilkinson, Anc. Egypt. 3:211). SEE STANDARD.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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piktur: This word (in the plural) is found 3 times in the King James Version, namely, Num 33:52; Isa 2:16; Pro 25:11. In Numbers and Proverbs pictures represents the Hebrew word , maskth, showpiece figure. The context in Numbers suggests that the pictures or carved figures (the Revised Version (British and American) figured stones) which the Israelites were to destroy were symbols of Canaanite worship and therefore foreign to the religion of Yahweh. In Proverbs for the King James Version pictures of silver, the English Revised Version has baskets (the American Standard Revised Version network) of silver, but a more probable translation is carvings of silver. Pictures stands for a slightly different word (but from the same root) in Isaiah, namely, , sekhyoth; the Revised Version (British and American) renders imagery (the Revised Version margin watchtowers). The prophet probably alludes to carved figures (of gods in animal or human shapes) on the prows of vessels.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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In Isa 2:16 the expression ‘pleasant pictures’ is supposed to mean ‘pictures of desire,’ as it reads in the margin, referring to anything on which their hearts were set. In ancient Egypt the nearest approach to what is now called a picture, is the coloured representations made on the walls of the temples and tombs. The walls in Babylon were ornamented with pictures on enamelled bricks: these seem to be alluded to in Eze 23:14: cf. Num 33:52. In Pro 25:11 “apples of gold in pictures of silver” probably describe some piece of jewellery judging from what immediately follows; others prefer to translate it ‘graven imagery.’
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
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Lev 26:1; Num 33:52; Pro 25:11; Isa 2:16
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
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Picture. In two of the three passages in which “picture” is used in the Authorized Version it denotes idolatrous representations, either independent images or more usually stones “portrayed,” that is, sculptured in low relief, or engraved and colored. Eze 23:14. Layard, Nin. And Rob. Ii. 306, 308. Moveable pictures, in the modern sense, were doubtless unknown to the Jews. The “pictures of silver” of Pro 25:11, were probably well surfaces or cornices with carvings.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
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Pro 25:11 (b) Golden yellow apples present a beautiful picture against a background of shining radiant silver. A proper word spoken at the right moment and under the proper conditions brings about a most blessed sensation to the heart as does the picture to the eye.