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1: εἰδωλολάτρης

(Strong's #1496 — Noun Masculine — eidololatres — i-do-lol-at'-race )

an "idolater" (from eidolon, and latris, "a hireling"), is found in 1 Corinthians 5:10,11; 6:9; 10:7; the warning is to believers against turning away from God to idolatry, whether "openly or secretly, consciously or unconsciously" (Cremer); Ephesians 5:5; Revelation 21:8; 22:15 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Idolater'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​i/idolater.html. 1940.
 
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