Idol
εἴδωλονStrong’s G1497eidōlon
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eidōlon is the Greek word usually translated “idols” and “idol”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.”
Meaning
Usually translated “idols” and “idol”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- idols 7
- idol 2
- an idol 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 4
- Acts 2
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- 1 John 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 15:20But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
- Romans 2:22Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
- 1 Corinthians 8:4As 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.
- 1 Corinthians 8:7Howbeit 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.
- 1 Corinthians 10:19What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
- 1 Corinthians 12:2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
Greek dictionary
εἴδωλον eidōlon · idol
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.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “idol” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
I'DOL, noun
[Latin idolum; Gr. form or to see.]
- An image, form or representation, usually of a man or other animal, consecrated as an object of worship; a pagan deity.“The gods of the nations are idols” Psalms 96:5
- An image.
- A person loved and honored to adoration.
- Any thing on which we set our affections; that to which we indulge an excessive and sinful attachment.“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. 1” 1 John 5:21
All definitions
- A representation. [Not in use.]
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.