εἴδωλονeídōlon

Meanings

Same root

• εἶδοςeîdos · G1491a view, i.e. form (literally or figuratively)
• εἰδωλολάτρηςeidōlolátrēs · G1496an image- (servant or) worshipper (literally or figuratively)
• κατείδωλοςkateídōlos · G2712utterly idolatrous
• εἰδωλόθυτονeidōlóthyton · G1494an image-sacrifice, i.e. part of an idolatrous offering
• εἰδωλεῖονeidōleîon · G1493an image-fane
• εἰδωλολατρείαeidōlolatreía · G1495image-worship (literally or figuratively)

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

• Acts 7:41 So they made an idol shaped like a calf, and they sacrificed to it and celebrated over this thing they had made.
• Acts 15:20 Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from eating food offered to idols, from sexual immorality, from eating the meat of strangled animals, and from consuming blood.
• Romans 2:22 You say it is wrong to commit adultery, but do you commit adultery? You condemn idolatry, but do you use items stolen from pagan temples?
• 1 Corinthians 8:4 So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God.
• 1 Corinthians 8:7 However, not all believers know this. Some are accustomed to thinking of idols as being real, so when they eat food that has been offered to idols, they think of it as the worship of real gods, and their weak consciences are violated.
• 1 Corinthians 10:19 What am I trying to say? Am I saying that food offered to idols has some significance, or that idols are real gods?