Graven-image


noun
1.
an idol.
noun
1.
(mainly Bible) a carved image used as an idol

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.”

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