Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
εἴδωλον (G1497)
11 εἴδωλον , -ου, τό ( εἶδος ), [in LXX for אֱלֹוהָּ , גְּלוּלִים , etc. ;] in cl. a phantom, image, likeness ; an image in the mind, an idea, fancy . In LXX and NT, an image of a god, an idol (cf. Polyb., xxxi, 3, 13): Ac 7:41 , I Co 12:2 , Re 9:20 ; the false god or idol worshipped in an image ( ICC , on I Th, l.c.): Ac 15:20 , Ro 2:22 , I Co 8:4 , 7 10:19 II Co 6:18 , I Th 1:9 , I Jo 5:21 .†
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