GreekG1496Noun (Masculine)

εἰδωλολάτρης

eidōlolatrēs

7Occurrences
G1496Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an image- (servant or) worshipper (literally or figuratively)

from G1497 (εἴδωλον) and the base of G3000 (λατρεύω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
an idolator.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

εἰδωλολάτρης appears 7 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
4
Revelation
2
Ephesians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:7BSB

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”

1 Corinthians 5:10BSB

I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.

1 Corinthians 5:11BSB

But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

1 Corinthians 6:9BSB

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

Ephesians 5:5BSB

For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.