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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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


pik?t̬ū́r: 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 משׂכּית, maskı̄th, ?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, שׂכיּות, sekhı̄yōth; 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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


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.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.


Picture
the rendering in the A.V. in three passages of two Hebrew words which are from the same root (שָׂכָה, to look at).
1. Maskith, מִשְׂכַּית, 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 אֶבֶן, a stone ("image of stone," Lev_26:1; plur. " pictures," Num_33:52); with חֶדֶר, 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 (εἰκόνας), 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, שְׂכַיּה, 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.

CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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