εἴδωλον

eidōlon

idol

Strong’s G1497Noun, neuter11 times in the New Testament (critical text)

idols7

idol2

an idol2

In the text

Acts 7:41εἰδώλῳ
At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
Romans 2:22εἴδωλα
You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
1 Corinthians 8:4εἴδωλον
So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
2 Corinthians 6:16εἰδώλων
What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
1 Thessalonians 1:9εἰδώλων
For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
1 John 5:21εἰδώλων
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

εἴδωλον, -ου, τό
(εἶδος), [in LXX for אֱלוֹהָּ, גְּלוּלִים, etc. ;]

1. in cl.

(a) a phantom, image, likeness;

(b) an image in the mind, an idea, fancy.

2. In LXX and NT,

(a) an image of a god, an idol (cf. Polyb., xxxi, 3, 13): Act.7:41, 1Co.12:2, Rev.9:20;

(b) the false god or idol worshipped in an image (ICC, on I Th, l.with): Act.15:20, Rom.2:22, 1Co.8:4, 7 10:19 2Co.6:18, 1Th.1:9, 1Jn.5:21.†
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.