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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 TR Greek.

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that you abstain from things G1494 sacrificed G1494 to G1494 idols G1494, from blood, from things strangled, and from acts of sexual immorality; [fn]if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - “But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we sent a letter, having decided that they should abstain from [fn]meat sacrificed G1494 to G1494 idols G1494 and from blood and what is [fn]strangled, and from sexual immorality.”

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Now concerning food G1494 sacrificed G1494 to G1494 idols G1494, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge [fn]makes one conceited, but love edifies people.

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Therefore, concerning the eating of food G1494 sacrificed G1494 to G1494 idols G1494, we know that an idol is [fn]nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

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However, not all people have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed G1494 to G1494 an G1494 idol G1494; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will his conscience, if he is weak, not be strengthened to eat things G1494 sacrificed G1494 to G1494 idols G1494?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:19 - What do I mean then? That food G1494 sacrificed G1494 to G1494 idols G1494 is anything, or that an idol is [fn]anything?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:28 - But if anyone says to you, “This is meat G1494 sacrificed G1494 to G1494 idols G1494,” do not eat it, for the sake of that one who informed you and for the sake of conscience.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:14 - ‘But I have a few things against you, because you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a [fn]stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things G1494 sacrificed G1494 to G1494 idols G1494 and to commit sexual immorality.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:20 - ‘But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit sexual immorality and eat things G1494 sacrificed G1494 to G1494 idols G1494.
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