Idol
אֱלִילStrong’s H0457elil (e-lil)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Elil is the Hebrew word usually translated “worthless idols”, “idols of” and “worthlessness”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.”
Meaning
- Of nought, good for nothing, worthlessof physicians, a shepherd, a divination · of false gods
How it's translated
- worthless idols 5
- idols of 4
- worthlessness 2
- idols 2
- in worthless idols 1
- and the idols 1
- the idol 1
- and to idols its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 8
- Leviticus 2
- Psalms 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Job 1
- Jeremiah 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 19:4Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 26:1Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
- 1 Chronicles 16:26For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
- Job 13:4But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
- Psalms 96:5For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
- Psalms 97:7Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
Hebrew dictionary
אֱלִיל elil · idol
1) of nought, good for nothing, worthless 1a) of physicians, a shepherd, a divination 1b) of false gods
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.