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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #1497 - εἴδωλον

Transliteration

eídōlon

Phonetics

i'-do-lon

Origin

from (G1491); an image (i.e. for worship)

Parts of Speech

noun, masculine

TDNT

2:375,202

Definition

Thayer's

an image, likeness
1. i.e. whatever represents the form of an object, either real or imaginary
2. used of the shades of the departed, apparitions, spectres, phantoms of the mind, etc.
the image of an heathen god
a false god

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 410 ‑ אֵל (ale); 433 ‑ אֱלֹהַּ (el‑o'‑ah, el‑o'‑ah); 457 ‑ אֱלִיל (el‑eel'); 1116 ‑ בּוּם (baw‑maw'); 1167 ‑ בַּעַל (bah'‑al); 1544 ‑ גִּלֻּל (ghil‑lool', ghil‑lool'); 1892 ‑ הֲבֵל (heh'‑bel, hab‑ale'); 2553 ‑ חַמָּן (kham‑mawn'); 4656 ‑ מִפְלֶצֶת (mif‑leh'‑tseth); 6090 ‑ עֹצֶב (o'‑tseb); 6459 ‑ פֶּסֶל (peh'‑sel); 6754 ‑ צֶלֶם (tseh'‑lem); 8163 ‑ שָׂעִר (saw‑eer', saw‑eer'); 8251 ‑ שִׁקֻּץ (shik‑koots', shik‑koots'); 8655 ‑ תְּרָפִים (ter‑aw‑feme');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (11)

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

1 Thessalonians

1 John

Revelation

NAS (11)

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

1 Thessalonians

1 John

Revelation

HCS (11)

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

1 Thessalonians

1 John

Revelation

BSB (11)

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

1 Thessalonians

1 John

Revelation

ESV (10)

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

1 Thessalonians

Revelation

WEB (11)

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

1 Thessalonians

1 John

Revelation

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

εἴδωλον, τό, (εἶδος)

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.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

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.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

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.

List of Word Forms

ειδωλα είδωλα είδωλά εἴδωλα ειδώλοις ειδωλον είδωλον είδωλόν εἴδωλον εἴδωλόν ειδωλου ειδώλου εἰδώλου ειδωλω ειδώλω εἰδώλῳ ειδωλων ειδώλων εἰδώλων εικάδι εικάδος εικασθή eidola eidōla eídola eídōla eidolo eidōlō eidṓloi eidṓlōi eidolon eidōlon eidōlōn eidṓlon eidṓlōn eídolon eídolón eídōlon eídōlón eidolou eidōlou eidṓlou

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