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I believe you may mean "graven" image. A graven image would refer to a carved or crafted idol, an object that a person would bow down and worship. Where a very few people might worship the flag, the majority of people would not. I don't think many people would refer to the flag of any nation as a graven image.
Primitive Graven Image was created in 2006.
the golden calf
The word graven means to cut or to shape. (Nowadays, we say "engraved".) The Lord tells us not to make any images of gods to worship. Even an image of Christ should not be worshiped. The image may give us a point of focus but only in spirit may we give true worship.
There is no biblical Hebrew word for "graven."If you are talking about the commandment regarding "graven images," this phrase is an old-fashioned term for sculpture. The Hebrew word פסל (pesel) in that commandment means "sculpture" but many Christian Bible still translate it as graven image.
The Amish are pretty hard-core Bible-believers and followers, but sometimes they get things mixed up. One of the passages in the Bible states that one should have no graven images, statutes, or idols for worship. The Amish took this rule to the extreme and believe that having your picture taken, painting, sculpturing, or sketching is an abomination to God because each is some type of image of people, nature, or whatever. So, whenever you're in Amishland, don't try to take a picture of the Amish people you see, or let them see your camera; they'll turn away from you and not speak to you in fear that you'll try to take their picture by surprise. They really hate the media.
Exodus 20:4 "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image..." IDOLS are referred to as graven images. They are physical representations or "images" of false gods.
Only the most conservative of Mennonites would shy away from the camera. Most churches have directories with pictures and names of their members. The Amish are the people most likely to shun the cameraman...... with a reference to not having any graven image as their reasoning.
That thou shall have no other God but me. You shall not make yourself a graven image,. For I thy God am a jealous god.
The image of a candidate is important because people will only elect people they believe to be stand up people. The image of a candidate is important in an election because people will only elect people they genuinely like despite his political thoughts.
Any such picture would be regarded as a form of idolatry. Thou shalt not worship a graven image.
The ones who walked with the Most High worshiped no graven image created by man, and knew He is the one true Creator who brought them forth from Egypt and could take them out of the Holy land with the words of His mouth.