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Lexicon :: Strong's G1494 - eidōlothytos

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εἰδωλόθυτος
Transliteration
eidōlothytos (Key)
Pronunciation
i-do-loth'-oo-ton
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter of a compound of εἴδωλον (G1497) and a presumed derivative of θύω (G2380)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:378,202

Strong’s Definitions

†εἰδωλόθυτον eidōlóthyton, i-do-loth'-oo-ton; neuter of a compound of G1497 and a presumed derivative of G2380; an image-sacrifice, i.e. part of an idolatrous offering:—(meat, thing that is) offered (in sacrifice, sacrificed) to (unto) idols.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G1494 in the following manner: things offered unto idols (4x), things offered in sacrifice to idols (3x), things sacrificed unto idols (2x), meats offered to idols (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G1494 in the following manner: things offered unto idols (4x), things offered in sacrifice to idols (3x), things sacrificed unto idols (2x), meats offered to idols (1x).

  1. sacrificed to idols, the flesh left over from the heathen sacrifices

    1. it was either eaten at the feasts or sold (by the poor and the miserly) in the market

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†εἰδωλόθυτον eidōlóthyton, i-do-loth'-oo-ton; neuter of a compound of G1497 and a presumed derivative of G2380; an image-sacrifice, i.e. part of an idolatrous offering:—(meat, thing that is) offered (in sacrifice, sacrificed) to (unto) idols.
STRONGS G1494:
εἰδωλόθυτος, -ον, (εἴδωλον and θύω), a Biblical and ecclesiastical word [Winers Grammar, 26; 100 (94)], sacrificed to idols; τὸ εἰδωλόθυτον and τὰ εἰδωλόθυτα denote the flesh left over from the heathen sacrifices; it was either eaten at feasts, or sold (by the poor and the miserly) in the market: Acts 15:29; Acts 21:25; 1 Corinthians 8:1, 4, 7, 10; 1 Corinthians 10:19, 28 (here L text T Tr WH read ἱερόθυτον, which see); Revelation 2:14, 20. [Cf. Lightfoot on Galatians, p. 308f.]

Related entry:
ἱερόθυτος, -ον, (from ἱερός and θύω, cf. εἰδωλόθυτος), sacrificed, offered in sacrifice, to the gods; as in Plutarch symp. 8, 8, 3 initially used of the flesh of animals offered in sacrifice: 1 Co. 10:28 L text T Tr WH. On the use of the word in Greek writings cf. Lob. ad Phyrn. p. 159.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
15:29; 21:25
1 Corinthians
8:1; 8:4; 8:7; 8:10; 10:19; 10:28; 10:28
Revelation
2:14; 2:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1494 matches the Greek εἰδωλόθυτος (eidōlothytos),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29 -

that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from [consuming] blood, and from [eating the meat of] things that have been strangled, and from sexual impurity. If you keep yourselves from these things, you will do well. Farewell.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - “But with regard to the Gentiles who have believed [in Christ], we have sent them a letter with our decision that they should abstain from meat sacrificed to idols and from [consuming] blood and from [the meat of] what has been strangled and from sexual immorality.”

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Now about food sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge [concerning this]. Knowledge [alone] makes [people self-righteously] arrogant, but love [that unselfishly seeks the best for others] builds up and encourages others to grow [in wisdom].

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In this matter, then, of eating food offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world [it has no real existence], and that there is no God but one.

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However, not all [believers] have this knowledge. But some, being accustomed [throughout their lives] to [thinking of] the idol until now [as real and living], still eat food [fn]as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and because their conscience is weak, it is defiled (guilty, ashamed).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if someone sees you, a person having [fn]knowledge, [fn]eating in an idol’s temple, then if he is weak, will he not be encouraged to eat things sacrificed to idols [and violate his own convictions]?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:19 - What do I mean then? That a thing offered to idols is anything [special or changed simply because it is offered], or that an idol is anything?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:28 - But if anyone says to you, “This meat has been offered in sacrifice to an idol,” do not eat it, out of consideration for the one who told you, and for conscience’s sake—

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:14 - ‘But I have a few things against you, because you have there some [among you] who are holding to the [corrupt] teaching of Balaam, who taught [fn]Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, [enticing them] to eat things that had been sacrificed to idols and to commit [acts of sexual] [fn]immorality.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:20 - ‘But I have this [charge] against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess [claiming to be inspired], and she teaches and misleads My bond-servants so that they commit [acts of sexual] immorality and eat food sacrificed to idols.
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