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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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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:29 - That ye abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from lewdness: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye will do well. Fare ye well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:25 - As concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from lewdness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:1 - Now as concerning things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:4 - Therefore as concerning the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:7 - But there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol to this hour eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if any man shall see thee, who hast knowledge, sit eating in the idol's temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:19 - What then do I say? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:28 - But if any man shall say to you, This is offered in sacrifice to idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for conscience' sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and its fullness:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:14 - But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit lewdness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:20 - Notwithstanding, I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit lewdness, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
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