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Strong G1497εἴδωλον

idol

Transliteration
eidōlon
Pronunciation
i'-do-lon
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

From G1491; an image (that is for worship); by implication a heathen god or (plural) the worship of such: - idol.

Detailed definition

εἴδωλον, -ου, τό
(εἶδος), [in LXX for אֱלוֹהָּ, גְּלוּלִים, etc.;]

1. in cl.
__(a) a phantom, image, likeness;
__(b) an image in the mind, an idea, fancy.

2. In LXX and NT,
__(a) an image of a god, an idol (cf. Polyb., xxxi, 3, 13): Act.7:41, 1Co.12:2, Rev.9:20;
__(b) the false god or idol worshipped in an image (ICC, on I Th, l.with): Act.15:20, Rom.2:22, 1Co.8:4, 7 10:19 2Co.6:18, 1Th.1:9, 1Jn.5:21.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1497 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • idol11

First verses

  1. Acts 7:41
    And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
  2. Acts 15:20
    But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
  3. Romans 2:22
    Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
  4. 1 Corinthians 8:4
    As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
  5. 1 Corinthians 8:7
    Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
  6. 1 Corinthians 10:19
    What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
  7. 1 Corinthians 12:2
    Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
  8. 2 Corinthians 6:16
    And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  9. 1 Thessalonians 1:9
    For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
  10. 1 John 5:21
    Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
  11. Revelation 9:20
    And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εἴδωλον, τό,
(εἶδος) phantom, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.451, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.796, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.92.ή, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 959b)]; βροτῶν εἴδωλα καμόντων, of ghosts, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.476, etc.; ψυχῶν 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 64.)]
2 any unsubstantial form, εἴδωλον σκιᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 839, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 659.6, 4th c.BC: Chaeremon Tragicus 14.15; οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα.. ἢ κούφην σκιάν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 126)]; εἴ. ἄλλως a mere form, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 947)]; αἰῶνος εἴ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 131.3.)]
3 image reflected in a mirror or in water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 266b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Divinatione per Somnia” 464b9.)]
4 in the system of Epicurus, film given off by any object and conveying an impression to the eye, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.10U., “Nat.” 2.1, +others, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Familiares” 15.16.1, etc.)]
II image in the mind, idea, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.21)]; phantom of the mind, fancy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 66c; εἴ. καὶ ψεῦδος [prev. author] “Tht.” 150c.)]
III image, likeness, γυναικὸς εἴ. χρύσεον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.51, compare 6.58: _metaphorically_, λόγος εἴ. ψυχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.7.)]
IV later, image of a god, idol, [LXX+NT+6th c.AD+ (LXX.2Ki.17.12, NT.1Cor.12.2, “OGI” 201.8 (Silco, 6th c.AD), etc.)]
V εἴ. οὐράνια constellations, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.1004, compare 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus 56.)]