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Lexicon :: Strong's H457 - 'ĕlîl

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אֱלִיל
Transliteration
'ĕlîl
Pronunciation
el-eel'
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Part of Speech
masculine adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from אַל (H408)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 99a

Strong’s Definitions

אֱלִיל ʼĕlîyl, el-eel'; apparently from H408; good for nothing, by analogy vain or vanity; specifically an idol:—idol, no value, thing of nought.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H457 in the following manner: idol (17x), image (1x), no value (1x), things of nought (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H457 in the following manner: idol (17x), image (1x), no value (1x), things of nought (1x).

  1. of nought, good for nothing, worthless

    1. of physicians, a shepherd, a divination

    2. of false gods

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֱלִיל ʼĕlîyl, el-eel'; apparently from H408; good for nothing, by analogy vain or vanity; specifically an idol:—idol, no value, thing of nought.
STRONGS H457: Abbreviations
† אֱלִיל noun masculine (etymology uncertain: most probably akin to Syriac LwlAf   weak, feeble, poor; perhaps also in usage [compare b] felt to suggest אַל not; compare Che on Isaiah 2:8) insufficiency, worthlessness.
a. Zechariah 11:17 רֹעִי הָאֱלִיל the shepherd of worthlessness = the worthless shepherd, Job 13:4 רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל worthless physicians (|| טֹפְלֵי־שֶׁקֶר), Jeremiah 14:14 Qr concrete a thing nought (uttered by prophets), but here קֶסֶם אֱלִיל a worthless divinity (|| חֲזוֺן שֶׁקֶר, תַּרְמִית לִבָּם) should perhaps be read (compare Gf).
b. especially plural אֱלִילִים concrete worthless gods, idols (compare הֲבָלִים) (possibly originally an independent word = gods, compare Sabean אלאלת, & see NöSBAk 1882, p. 1191, but even if so, associated by the prophets with idea of worthlessness, & used by them in irony contrast with אֵלִים, אֱלֹהִים) Leviticus 19:4 (not to be made) Leviticus 26:1 (both H), Isaiah 2:8, 18, 20 (twice in verse) (of silver & gold), Isaiah 10:10 מַמְלְכוֺת הָאֱלִיל (collective) kingdoms of idolatrous worthlessness, Isaiah 10:11; Isaiah 19:1, 3 (of Egypt) Isaiah 31:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 30:13 (Egypt), Habakkuk 2:18 אִלְּמִים א׳ dumb idols, Psalm 96:5 (= 1 Chronicles 16:26) all the gods of the nations are א׳ vain, worthless gods Psalm 97:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:4; 26:1

1 Chronicles

16:26

Job

13:4

Psalms

96:5; 97:7

Isaiah

2:8; 2:8; 2:18; 2:20; 10:10; 10:11; 19:1; 19:3; 31:7

Jeremiah

14:14

Ezekiel

30:13

Habakkuk

2:18

Zechariah

11:17

H457

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H457 matches the Hebrew אֱלִיל ('ĕlîl),
which occurs 20 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - Ye shall not follow idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - I am the Lord your God: ye shall not make to yourselves gods made with hands, or graven; neither shall ye rear up a pillar for yourselves, neither shall ye set up a stone for an object in your land to worship it: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:26 - For all the gods of the nations are idols; but our God made the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4 - But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5 - (LXX 95:5) For all the gods of the heathen are devils: but the Lord made the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - (LXX 96:7) Let all that worship graven images be ashamed, who boast of their idols; [fn] worship him, all ye his angels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 - And the land is filled with abominations, even the works of their hands; and they have worshipped the works which their fingers made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - And they shall hide all idols made with hands,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made in order to worship vanities and bats;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:10 - As I have taken them, I will also take all the kingdoms: howl, ye idols in Jerusalem, and in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11 - For as I did to Samaria and her idols, so will I do also to Jerusalem and her idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The Vision of Egypt. Behold, the Lord sits on a swift cloud, and shall come to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and their heart shall faint within them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - And the spirit of the Egyptians shall be troubled within them; and I will frustrate their counsel: and they shall enquire of their gods and their images, and [fn]them that speak out of the earth, and them that have in them a divining spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For in that day men shall renounce their silver idols and their golden idols, which their hands made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the Lord said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, and I commanded them not, and I spoke not to them: for they prophesy to you false visions, and divinations, and auguries, and devices of their own heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - For thus saith the Lord God; I will also destroy the nobles from Memphis, and the princes of Memphis out of the land of Egypt; and they shall be no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - What profits it the graven image, that they have graven it? one has made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work, to make dumb idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! the sword shall be upon [fn]the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
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