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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 Box Lev 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - nolite converti ad idola nec deos conflatiles faciatis vobis ego Dominus Deus vester

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - ego Dominus Deus vester non facietis vobis idolum et sculptile nec titulos erigetis nec insignem lapidem ponetis in terra vestra ut adoretis eum ego enim sum Dominus Deus vester

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:26 - omnes enim dii populorum idola Dominus autem caelos fecit

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4 - prius vos ostendens fabricatores mendacii et cultores perversorum dogmatum

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5 - [Vulgate 95:5] omnes enim dii populorum sculptilia Dominus autem caelos fecit

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - [Vulgate 96:7] confundantur universi qui serviunt sculptili qui gloriantur in idolis adorate eum omnes dii

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 - et repleta est terra eius equis et innumerabiles quadrigae eius et repleta est terra eius idolis opus manuum suarum adoraverunt quod fecerunt digiti eorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - et idola penitus conterentur

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - in die illa proiciet homo idola argenti sui et simulacra auri sui quae fecerat sibi ut adoraret talpas et vespertiliones

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:10 - quomodo invenit manus mea regna idoli sic et simulacra eorum de Hierusalem et de Samaria

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11 - numquid non sicut feci Samariae et idolis eius sic faciam Hierusalem et simulacris eius

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - onus Aegypti ecce Dominus ascendet super nubem levem et ingredietur Aegyptum et movebuntur simulacra Aegypti a facie eius et cor Aegypti tabescet in medio eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - et disrumpetur spiritus Aegypti in visceribus eius et consilium eius praecipitabo et interrogabunt simulacra sua et divinos suos et pythones et ariolos

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - in die enim illa abiciet vir idola argenti sui et idola auri sui quae fecerunt vobis manus vestrae in peccatum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - et dixit Dominus ad me falso prophetae vaticinantur in nomine meo non misi eos et non praecepi eis neque locutus sum ad eos visionem mendacem et divinationem et fraudulentiam et seductionem cordis sui prophetant vobis

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - haec dicit Dominus Deus et disperdam simulacra et cessare faciam idola de Memphis et dux de terra Aegypti non erit amplius et dabo terrorem in terra Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - quid prodest sculptile quia sculpsit illud fictor suus conflatile et imaginem falsam quia speravit in figmento fictor eius ut faceret simulacra muta

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - o pastor et idolum derelinquens gregem gladius super brachium eius et super oculum dextrum eius brachium eius ariditate siccabitur et oculus dexter eius tenebrescens obscurabitur
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