אֱלִילʼĕlîyl

felt to suggest, insufficiency, worthlessness

Pronunciation: el-eel' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H457

Meanings

a. worthlessness (Zechariah 11:17; Job 13:4; Jeremiah 14:14)

b. worthless gods, idols, possibly (Leviticus 19:4; Leviticus 26:1; Isaiah 2:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

Leviticus 19:4 “Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 26:1 “Do not make idols or set up carved images, or sacred pillars, or sculptured stones in your land so you may worship them. I am the Lord your God.
1 Chronicles 16:26 The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens!
Job 13:4 As for you, you smear me with lies. As physicians, you are worthless quacks.
Psalms 96:5 The gods of other nations are mere idols, but the Lord made the heavens!
Psalms 97:7 Those who worship idols are disgraced— all who brag about their worthless gods— for every god must bow to him.

See every passage

Leviticus 19:4, 26:1
1 Chronicles 16:26
Job 13:4
Psalms 96:5, 97:7
Isaiah 2:8, 2:18, 2:20, 10:10, 10:11, 19:1, 19:3, 31:7
Jeremiah 14:14
Ezekiel 30:13
Habakkuk 2:18
Zechariah 11:17

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).