The word in Scripture

Image in the Bible

The word image appears 101 times in the King James Version of the Bible. An image bears the likeness of the one it represents. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What image means in the Bible

An image bears the likeness of the one it represents.

Where the word image appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word image appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.”Genesis 1:27

“As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.”Psalms 73:20

“They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.”Psalms 106:19

“The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.”Isaiah 40:19

“Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?”Isaiah 44:10

“And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?”Matthew 22:20

“Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s.”Luke 20:24

“Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:”Colossians 1:15