Idolater
εἰδωλολάτρηςStrong’s G1496eidōlolatrēs
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eidōlolatrēs is the Greek word usually translated “idolaters” and “idolater”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.”
Meaning
Usually translated “idolaters” and “idolater”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- idolaters 3
- an idolater 2
- with idolaters 1
- to idolaters 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 4
- Revelation 2
- Ephesians 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 5:11But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
- 1 Corinthians 10:7Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
- Ephesians 5:5For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
- Revelation 22:15For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Greek dictionary
εἰδωλολάτρης eidōlolatrēs · idolater
εἰδωλολάτρης, -ου, ὁ (εἴδωλου + λάτρις, a hireling), an idolator: 1Co.5:10, 11 6:9 10:7 Eph.5:5 Rev.21:8 22:15 (Cremer, 709).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “idolater” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IDOL'ATER, noun
[Latin idololatra. See Idolatry.]
- A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of any thing made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan.
- An adorer; a great admirer.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.