Greek noun (neuter) · G1497
εἴδωλον
eidoloni'-do-lon
in cl.; In LXX and NT
11 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: eídōlon
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1497is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1497
an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such
The King James renders it: idol.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
eidolon is rendered "in cl.; In LXX and NT". It stands 11 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "in cl.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 7:41At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
Acts 7:41εἰδώλῳ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eleven uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: in cl., and In LXX and NT.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| in cl.__(a) a phantom, image, likeness | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereActs 7:41At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol… |
| In LXX and NT__(a) an image of a god | Tagged as
| WhereActs 7:41At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| εἴδω | eido | to perceive: know | Uses374 |
| εἰδωλόθυτον | eidolothyton | sacrificed to idols | Uses9 |
| εἰδωλολάτρης | eidololatres | idolater | Uses7 |
| εἰδωλολατρεία | eidololatreia | idolatry | Uses4 |
| εἰδωλεῖον | eidoleion | idol's temple | Uses1 |
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- εἰδώλων4
- εἴδωλα3
- εἴδωλον1
- εἴδωλόν1
- εἰδώλου1
- εἰδώλῳ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural4N-GPN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural3N-APN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2N-NSN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1N-DSN
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular1N-GSN
Acts
two uses
At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
- εἰδώλῳeidolonoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: idol
Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
- εἰδώλωνeidolonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: idols
Romans
one use
You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
- εἴδωλαeidolanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: idols
1 Corinthians
four uses
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.
- εἴδωλονeidolonnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: an idol
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
- εἰδώλουeidolounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: idol
Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?
- εἴδωλόνeidolonnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: an idol
You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
- εἴδωλαeidolanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: idols
2 Corinthians
one use
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.”
- εἰδώλωνeidolonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: idols
1 Thessalonians
one use
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
- εἰδώλωνeidolonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: idols
1 John
one use
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
- εἰδώλωνeidolonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: idols
Revelation
one use
Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.
- εἴδωλαeidolanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: idols
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.