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εἴδωλον

eidōlonidolHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter11 occurrences7 books11 verses

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): Acts 7:41, 1 Corinthians 12:2, Revelation 9:20;

(b) the false god or idol worshipped in an image (ICC, on I Th, l.with): Acts 15:20, Romans 2:22, 1 Corinthians 8:4, 7; 10:19, 2 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 1 John 5:21.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as εἴδωλον:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

11 total
  1. Acts 7:41εἰδώλῳ · idol
    At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
  2. Acts 15:20εἰδώλων · by idols
    Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
  3. Romans 2:22εἴδωλα · idols
    You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
  4. 1 Corinthians 8:4εἴδωλον · an idol
    So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
  5. 1 Corinthians 8:7εἰδώλου · to idols
    But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
  6. 1 Corinthians 10:19εἴδωλόν · an idol
    Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
  7. 1 Corinthians 12:2εἴδωλα · idols
    You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
  8. 2 Corinthians 6:16εἰδώλων · [and] idols
    What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
  9. 1 Thessalonians 1:9εἰδώλων · idols
    For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
  10. 1 John 5:21εἰδώλων · idols
    Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
  11. Revelation 9:20εἴδωλα · idols of
    Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.