pe.sel denotes a made cult image, forbidden, set up, carried, trusted, or worshiped in the supplied verses.

The term consistently denotes a made cult image: it is prohibited as something to make, described as crafted from material, and shown as an object that may be installed, carried, trusted, prayed to, or worshiped.

1. Made cult image · dominant

   Across the occurrences, the noun identifies a manufactured religious object. In Exodus 20:4 the APB renders the prohibition against making such an object alongside likenesses of created realms; in Isaiah 44:17 it renders an object made into a god and then bowed to and addressed for deliverance. In Judges 18:30 the object is set up by the Danites, while Isaiah 45:20 depicts people carrying wooden examples and praying to a god that cannot save.

   Exodus 20:4Deuteronomy 27:15Judges 18:30Isaiah 44:17Isaiah 45:20Habakkuk 2:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as “idol,” while several verses use “carved image” or “carved images.” These renderings confirm the verses' portrayal of made worship objects without establishing separate lexical senses.