Strong's Definition
an idol (as fashioned); also pain (bodily or mental)
Derivation: a variation of H6089 (עֶצֶב);
KJV Usage: idol, sorrow, [idiom] wicked.
TWOT Reference: 1666b,1667b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) pain, sorrow
2) idol
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֹ֫צֶב (o.tsev) — pain. pain, sorrow
עֹ֫צֶב (o.tsev) — idol. idol
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · עצב
Images | Cult Objects | ≈ נֶסֶךְ · פֶּסֶל
idol = a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing; ► functioning as an object of non-sanctioned worship
Unsafe | ≈ עֲבֹודָה · רֹגֶז
pain, suffering = state of being subjected to difficult circumstances, dominated by physical pain
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֹ֫צֶב n.[m.] pain base
[עֹ֫צֶב] n.m. idol;—sf. Is 48:5. ref