<entry id="2287750" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1428090</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>彫像</keb>
<ke_pri>news2</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf40</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>spec2</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ちょうぞう</reb>
<re_pri>news2</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf40</re_pri>
<re_pri>spec2</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>(carved) statue</gloss>
<gloss>sculpture</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2024-01-07 07:39:44" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"graven image" seemed a little out of place; obviously biblical.  I don't see any such nuance in the kokugos.

It may be true that actual Bible translations use this term where "graven image" may appear (a couple examples appear in reverso). But this is a case where it seems to do more harm than good to suggest that this nuance has anything at all to do with the Japanese term.

Reverso gives plenty of other attempts at this biblical translation. 刻んだ像 and 偶像 seem more common.  偶像 (we gloss as "idol" among other things), seems like a better fit to me. And I wouldn't add "graven image" there either.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>sankoku:
彫刻した像

Predominantly just "statue" or even "statuary" (if plural)
https://context.reverso.net/translation/japanese-english/%E5%BD%AB%E5%83%8F

https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=%e5%bd%ab%e5%83%8f
effigy（著名人などの）
figure
image（人物・動物などの姿を表した）〔可算〕
portrait（彫刻の）
sculpture
simulacrum
statue〔可算◆【略】St〕

Lot's of other "graven image" possibilities:
https://context.reverso.net/%E7%BF%BB%E8%A8%B3/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E-%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E/graven+image
偶像
刻んだイメージ
肖像
あらゆる像を刻むことを禁じられた (thou shalt not make any graven images)
刻んだ像
鑄た像
（"偶像崇拝禁止") ("no graven images")</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;(carved) statue&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -19,2 +19,0 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;carved statue&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;graven image&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-01-07 16:39:36" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Better.</upd_detl>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>