אֱלִיל
e.lil
“idol”
Definition
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
apparently from H408 (אַל);
- of nought, good for nothing, worthless 1a) of physicians, a shepherd, a divination 1b) of false gods
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
אֱלִיל appears 18 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For all the gods of the nations are idols,but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdomswhose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them,and I will frustrate their plans,so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead,to mediums and spiritists.
In that day men will cast awayto the moles and batstheir idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.
You, however, smear with lies;you are all worthless physicians.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.