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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #1497 - εἴδωλον
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εἴδωλον, τό, (εἶδος)
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1. phantom, Il. 5.451, Od. 4.796, Hdt. 5.92. ή, Pl. Lg. 959b; βροτῶν εἴδωλα καμόντων, of ghosts, Od. 11.476, etc.; ψυχῶν Procl. Inst. 64.
2. any unsubstantial form, εἴδωλον σκιᾶς A. Ag. 839, S. Fr. 659.6, Chaerem. 14.15; οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν εἴδωλα.. ἢ κούφην σκιάν S. Aj. 126; εἴ. ἄλλως a mere form, Id. Ph. 947; αἰῶνος εἴ. Pi. Fr. 131.3.
3. image reflected in a mirror or in water, Pl. Sph. 266b, Arist. Div.Somn. 464b9.
4. in the system of Epicurus, film given off by any object and conveying an impression to the eye, Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.10U., Nat. 2.1, al., Cic. Fam. 15.16.1, etc.
II image in the mind, idea, X. Smp. 4.21; phantom of the mind, fancy, Pl. Phd. 66c; εἴ. καὶ ψεῦδος Id. Tht. 150c.
III image, likeness, γυναικὸς εἴ. χρύσεον Hdt. 1.51, cf. 6.58: metaph., λόγος εἴ. ψυχῆς Isoc. 3.7. later, image of a god, idol, LXX 2 Kings 17:12, 1 Corinthians 12:2, OGI 201.8 (Silco, vi A.D.), etc. εἴ. οὐράνια constellations, A.R. 3.1004, cf. Max. 56.
εἴδωλον , -ου , τό
(< εἶδος ),
[in LXX for m H433, H1544, 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 1 Th, l.c.): Acts 15:20, Romans 2:22, 1 Corinthians 8:4; 1 Corinthians 8:7; 1 Corinthians 10:19, 2 Corinthians 6:16, 1 Thessalonians 1:9, 1 John 5:21.†
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In P Leid Wxx. 6 (ii/iii A.D.) εἴδωλα θ ̄ are the ";nine constellations,"; but in the astrological P Ryl II. 63.3 (iii/A.D.) the word is used in the more general sense of ";image,"; ";phenomenon,"; when Plato asks an Egyptian, τίς δὲ ἡ αἰτία τούτων [τ ]ῶ [ν εἰ ]δώλων; ";what is the cause of these phenomena?"; (Edd.), and receives a reply connecting various parts of the body with the sun, moon, etc. Cf. also the horoscope, P Lond 130.186 (i/ii A.D.) (= I. p. 137) ἀστέρα τὸν ἐν τῆι χλαμύδι καλούμενον Γανυμήδην ὁμωνύμως τῶι ὅλωι εἰδώλωι, and ib. 122.88 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 117) ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι τὸ εἴδωλόν σου. The word is used of the images of heathen gods in the vi/A.D. Silco inscr., OGIS 201.8 ἐποίησα εἰρήνην μετ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ ὤμοσάν μοι τὰ εἴδωλα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπίστευσα τὸν ὅρκον αὐτῶν. Vett. Val. pp. 67.5 ὑπὸ δαιμονίων καὶ φαντασίας εἰδώλων χρηματισθήσονται, 113.17 τοῦ δὲ Κρόνου ἐν τῷ ὑπογείῳ εὑρεθέντος θεῶν καὶ νεκρῶν εἴδωλα ἐφαντάσθη.
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