Strong's Greek · G1494
G1494 eidōlóthyton
εἰδωλόθυτον
i-do-loth'-oo-ton
sacrificed to idols
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eidōlóthyton appears 10 times in Scripture, in Acts, 1 Corinthians and Revelation. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
an image-sacrifice, i.e. part of an idolatrous offering
In the King James Version
(meat, thing that is) offered (in sacrifice, sacrificed) to (unto) idols
Derivation
neuter of a compound of G1497 (εἴδωλον) and a presumed derivative of G2380 (θύω);
Appears 10 times in Scripture
“But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—”
“Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?”
“As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.””
“You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.”
“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.”
“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.”
“But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.”
“For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?”
“But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.”
“Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
