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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a material effigy that is worshipped;
- Example: "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"
- Example: "money was his god"
[syn: idol, graven image, god]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Graven \Grav"en\, p. p. of Grave, v. t. Carved. [1913 Webster] Graven image, an idol; an object of worship carved from wood, stone, etc. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image." --Ex. xx. 4. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

graven image n 1: a material effigy that is worshipped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god" [syn: idol, graven image, god]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Graven image Deut. 27:15; Ps. 97:7 (Heb. pesel), refers to the household gods of idolaters. "Every nation and city had its own gods...Yet every family had its separate household or tutelary god."