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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)
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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 Box Lev 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - 'Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I am Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - 'Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I am Jehovah your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:26 - For all gods of the peoples are nought, And Jehovah the heavens hath made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4 - And yet, ye are forgers of falsehood, Physicians of nought -- all of you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5 - For all the gods of the peoples are nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 - And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - And the idols -- they completely pass away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:10 - As my hand hath got to the kingdoms of a worthless thing, and their graven images, Greater than Jerusalem and than Samaria,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11 - Do I not -- as I have done to Samaria, And to her worthless things, So do to Jerusalem and to her grievous things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And moved have been the idols of Egypt at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melteth in its midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - And emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they have sought unto the idols, And unto the charmers, And unto those having familiar spirits, And unto the wizards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For in that day despise doth each His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you -- a sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And -- I have destroyed idols, And caused vain things to cease from Noph, And a prince of the land of Egypt there is no more, And I give fear in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - Wo to the worthless shepherd, forsaking the flock, A sword is on his arm, and on his right eye, His arm is utterly dried up, And his right eye is very dim!'
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