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GreekG1497Noun (Neuter)

εἴδωλον

eidōlon

11Occurrences
G1497Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such

from G1491 (εἶδος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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
(b)the false god or idol worshipped in an image
LXX: for אֱלוֹהָּ, גְּלוּלִים, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

εἴδωλον appears 11 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
4
Acts
2
1 John
1
1 Thessalonians
1
2 Corinthians
1
Revelation
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:19BSB

Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

1 Corinthians 8:4BSB

So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

1 John 5:21BSB

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

2 Corinthians 6:16BSB

What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:“I will dwell with themand walk among them,and I will be their God,and they will be My people.”

Acts 7:41BSB

At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

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