worshipped the golden calf

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• Mooby the Golden Calf — is a fictional children s television character created by Kevin Smith that is featured throughout the View Askewniverse, most notably in the films Dogma and Clerks II . The anthropomorphic cow, a reference to the Old Testament story of the golden …   Wikipedia

• Golden calf — The golden calf (עגל הזהב) was an idol (a cult image) made for the Israelites during Moses absence, as he went up to Mount Sinai. According to the Hebrew Bible, the calf was made by Aaron to satisfy the Israelites, whereas the Quran indicates the …   Wikipedia

• sin of the golden calf — idolatry, idol worship (Biblical golden calf that the Jews worshipped while in the Sinai desert) …   English contemporary dictionary

• golden calf — 1. a golden idol set up by Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites. Ex. 32. 2. either of the two similar idols set up by Jeroboam. I Kings 12:28, 29. 3. money or material goods as an object of worship or pursuit. * * * ▪ Old Testament  idol… …   Universalium

• golden calf — golden idol that the Israelites made and worshipped during the exodus (Biblical); any false god or thing worshipped undeservedly …   English contemporary dictionary

• golden calf — noun a) (Old Testament) A golden image of a calf, made by and worshipped by the Israelites. b) Money as an end in itself; mammon …   Wiktionary

• golden calf — noun (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship; destroyed by Moses; it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly • Topics: ↑Old Testament • Hypernyms: ↑idol, ↑graven image, ↑god …   Useful english dictionary

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• EXODUS, BOOK OF — (Heb. title) וְאֵלֶּה) שְׁמוֹת) (And these are) the names of – the first words of the book; Gk. exodos ton wion Israel ex aigyptou), departure (of the children of Israel from Egypt) ; (cf. Sefer Yeẓi at Miẓrayim ( book of the departure from Egypt …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• idolatrously — adverb in an idolatrous manner the people idolatrously worshipped the Golden Calf • Derived from adjective: ↑idolatrous …   Useful english dictionary

• Idolatry — The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin. Idolatry is a pejorative term for the worship of an idol, a physical object such as a cult image, as a god,[1] or practices believed to verge on worship, such as giving undue honour and regard… …   Wikipedia