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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 BoxLev 19:4 - وَلا تَتَحَوَّلُوا لِعِبَادَةِ الأَوْثَانِ، وَلا تَصُوغُوا لأَنْفُسِكُمْ آلِهَةً مَسْبُوكَةً، فَأَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - لَا تَصْنَعُوا لَكُمْ أَصْنَاماً، وَلا تُقِيمُوا لَكُمْ تَمَاثِيلَ مَنْحُوتَةً، أَوْ أَنْصَاباً مُقَدَّسَةً، وَلا تَرْفَعُوا حَجَراً مُصَوَّراً فِي أَرْضِكُمْ لِتَسْجُدُوا لَهُ، لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:26 - لأَنَّ كُلَّ آلِهَةِ الأُمَمِ أَصْنَامٌ، أَمَّا الرَّبُّ فَهُوَ صَانِعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5 - لأَنَّ كُلَّ آلِهَةِ الشُّعُوبِ أَصْنَامٌ بَاطِلَةٌ أَمَّا الرَّبُّ فَهُوَ صَانِعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - يَخْزَى كُلُّ عَابِدِي التَّمَاثِيلِ الْمَنْحُوتَةِ، الْمُفْتَخِرِينَ بِالأَصْنَامِ. اسْجُدُوا لَهُ يَا جَمِيعَ الآلِهَةِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 - امْتَلأَتْ أَرْضُهُمْ بِالأَصْنَامِ، وَعَبَدُوا صَنْعَةَ أَيْدِيهِمْ، وَسَجَدُوا لِعَمَلِ أَصَابِعِهِمْ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - وَتُبَادُ الأَصْنَامُ كُلُّهَا،

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَطْرَحُ النَّاسُ لِلْجُرْذَانِ وَالْخَفَافِيشِ أَوْثَانَهُمُ الْفِضِّيَّةَ وَأَصْنَامَهُمُ الذَّهَبِيَّةَ الَّتِي صَنَعُوهَا لِيَعْبُدُوهَا،

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:10 - لَقَدْ قَضَيْتُ عَلَى مَمَالِكَ وَثَنِيَّةٍ أَصْنَامُهَا أَعْظَمُ مِنْ أَصْنَامِ أُورُشَلِيمَ وَالسَّامِرَةِ!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11 - أَفَلا أَقْضِي عَلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ وَأَصْنَامِهَا كَمَا قَضَيْتُ عَلَى السَّامِرَةِ وَأَصْنَامِهَا؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - نُبُوءَةٌ بِشَأْنِ مِصْرَ: هَا هُوَ الرَّبُّ قَادِمٌ إِلَى مِصْرَ يَرْكَبُ سَحَابَةً سَرِيعَةً، فَتَرْتَجِفُ أَوْثَانُ مِصْرَ فِي حَضْرَتِهِ، وَتَذُوبُ قُلُوبُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ فِي دَاخِلِهِمْ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - فَتَذُوبُ أَرْوَاحُ الْمِصْرِيِّينَ فِي دَاخِلِهِمْ، وَأُبْطِلُ مَشُورَتَهُمْ، فَيَسْأَلُونَ الأَوْثَانَ وَالسَّحَرَةَ وَأَصْحَابَ التَّوَابِعِ وَالْعَرَّافِينَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - لأَنَّهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ يَنْبِذُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ أَصْنَامَهُ الْفِضِّيَّةَ وَأَوْثَانَهُ الذَّهَبِيَّةَ الَّتِي صَنَعَهَا بِيَدِهِ الْخَاطِئَةِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - وَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنَّ الأَنْبِيَاءَ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ زُوراً بِاسْمِي وَأَنَا لَمْ أُرْسِلْهُمْ وَلَمْ آمُرْهُمْ، وَلَمْ أُكَلِّمْهُمْ، إِنَّمَا هُمْ يَتَنَبَّأُونَ لَكُمْ بِرُؤْيَا كَاذِبَةٍ وَعِرَافَةٍ بَاطِلَةٍ مُسْتَوْحَاةٍ مِنْ ضَلالِ قُلُوبِهِمْ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - ثُمَّ أُحَطِّمُ الأَصْنَامَ وَأُزِيلُ الأَوْثَانَ مِنْ مَمْفِيسَ، وَلا يَبْقَى بَعْدُ رَئِيسٌ فِي دِيَارِ مِصْرَ، وَأُلْقِي فِيهَا الرُّعْبَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - أَيُّ جَدْوَى مِنْ تِمْثَالٍ حَتَّى يَصُوغَهُ صَانِعٌ، أَوْ صَنَمٍ يُعَلِّمُ الْكَذِبَ لأَنَّ مَنْ يَصْنَعُهُ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى مَا صَنَعَهُ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَصْنَعْ سِوَى أَصْنَامٍ بَكْمَاءَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - وَيْلٌ لِلرَّاعِي الأَحْمَقِ الَّذِي يَهْجُرُ الْقَطِيعَ. لِيَبْتُرِ السَّيْفُ ذِرَاعَهُ وَيَفْقَأْ عَيْنَهُ الْيُمْنَى، فَتَيْبَسَ ذِرَاعُهُ وَتَكُفَّ عَيْنُهُ الْيُمْنَى عَنِ الْبَصَرِ».
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