"golden calf" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: golden calves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|golden calves}} golden calf (plural golden calves)
  1. (Old Testament) A golden image of a calf, made by Aaron and worshipped by the Israelites. Translations (A golden image of a calf): 金牛犢 (Chinese Cantonese), 金牛犊 (gam¹ ngau⁴ duk⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 金牛犢 (Chinese Mandarin), 金牛犊 (jīnniúdú) (Chinese Mandarin), ora bovido (Esperanto), kultainen vasikka (Finnish), veau d’or (French), goldenes Kalb [neuter] (German), 금송아지 (geumsong'aji) (Korean), gullkalv [common-gender] (Norwegian Bokmål), gullkalv [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), złoty cielec [masculine] (Polish), золото́й теле́ц (zolotój teléc) [masculine] (Russian), guldkalv [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-golden_calf-en-noun-6SCB-W2t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'A golden image of a calf': 86 14
  2. (by extension) Money as an end in itself; mammon. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Gold Translations (Money): mammona (Finnish), veau d’or (French), złoty cielec [masculine] (Polish), золото́й теле́ц (zolotój teléc) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-golden_calf-en-noun-w2bKXPEO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Money': 10 90

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