εἴδωλον eidōlon

Greek word for “idol” · Strong’s G1497 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

εἴδωλον, -ου, τό; (εἶδος);

How it is translated

Glosses given for eidōlon in context, with how often each is used:

• idols 6
• idol 4
• idols? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 8 (2), Acts 7 (1), Acts 15 (1), Romans 2 (1), 1 Corinthians 10 (1), 1 Corinthians 12 (1), 2 Corinthians 6 (1), 1 Thessalonians 1 (1), 1 John 5 (1), Revelation 9 (1)

Forms

• εἰδώλων 4
• εἴδωλα 3
• εἰδώλῳ 1
• εἴδωλον 1
• εἰδώλου 1
• εἴδωλόν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with eidōlon more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• εἰδωλόθυτος eidōlothutos “sacrificed to idols” 3
• ζάω zaō “to live” 2
• ἔργον ergon “work” 2
• χείρ cheir “hand” 2
• οἶδα oida “to know” 2
• περί peri “about” 2
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 2

Key verses

The verses using eidōlon that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 7:41 — And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
• Acts 15:20 — But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
• Romans 2:22 — Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?
• 1 Corinthians 8:4 — As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is…
• 1 Corinthians 8:7 — Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their…
• 1 Corinthians 10:19 — What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
• 1 Corinthians 12:2 — Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
• 2 Corinthians 6:16 — And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I…
• 1 Thessalonians 1:9 — For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
• 1 John 5:21 — Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
• Revelation 9:20 — And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.