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Lexicon :: Strong's G1497 - eidōlon

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εἴδωλον
Transliteration
eidōlon (Key)
Pronunciation
i'-do-lon
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From εἶδος (G1491); an image (i.e. for worship)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:375,202

Strong’s Definitions

εἴδωλον eídōlon, i'-do-lon; from G1491; an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such:—idol.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's G1497 in the following manner: idol (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's G1497 in the following manner: idol (11x).

  1. an image, likeness

    1. i.e. whatever represents the form of an object, either real or imaginary

    2. used of the shades of the departed, apparitions, spectres, phantoms of the mind, etc.

  2. the image of an heathen god

  3. a false god

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εἴδωλον eídōlon, i'-do-lon; from G1491; an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such:—idol.
STRONGS G1497:
εἴδωλον, -ου, τό, (εἶδος [cf. Winers Grammar, 96 (91); Etym. Magn. 296, 9]), in Greek writings from Homer down, an image, likeness, i. e. whatever represents the form of an object, either real or imaginary; used of the shades of the departed (in Homer), of apparitions, spectres, phantoms of the mind, etc.; in Biblical writings [an idol, i. e.]:
1. the image of a heathen god: Acts 7:41; 1 Corinthians 12:2; Revelation 9:20, (Isaiah 30:22; 2 Chronicles 23:17, etc.; θεῶν ἤ δαιμόνων εἴδωλα, Polybius 31, 3, 13);
2. a false god: Acts 15:20 (on which see ἀλίσγημα); Romans 2:22; 1 Corinthians 8:4, 7; 1 Corinthians 10:19; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Thessalonians 1:9 (often in the Sept.); φυλάσσειν ἑαυτὸν ἀπὸ τ. εἰδώλων, to guard oneself from all manner of fellowship with heathen worship, 1 John 5:21.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Chronicles
23:17
Isaiah
30:22
Acts
7:41; 15:20
Romans
2:22
1 Corinthians
8:4; 8:7; 10:19; 12:2
2 Corinthians
6:16
1 Thessalonians
1:9
1 John
5:21
Revelation
9:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1497 matches the Greek εἴδωλον (eidōlon),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:41

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:41 - “[fn]At that time they made a [fn]calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol G1497, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:20 - but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols G1497 and from sexual immorality and from what is strangled and from blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:22 - You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols G1497, do you rob temples?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:4 -

Therefore, concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that [fn]an idol G1497 is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:7 -

However, not all men have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol G1497 until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:19 - What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol G1497 is anything?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:2 - You know that when you were pagans, you were being led astray to the mute idols G1497, however you were led.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:16 - Or what agreement has a [fn]sanctuary of God with idols G1497? For we are a sanctuary of the living God; just as God said,

“I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM;

AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:9 - For they themselves report about us what kind of an entrance we had [fn]with you, and how you turned to God from [fn]idols G1497 to serve [fn]a living and true God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 5:21 -

Little children, guard yourselves from idols G1497.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:20 -

And the rest of [fn]mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols G1497 of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

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