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Strong's G1497 · Greek

εἴδωλον

eidolon · i'-do-lon

from 1491; an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such


Scholarly Lexicons

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 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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