Strong's Greek · G1497
εἴδωλον
eídōlon
idol
Definition
an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such
Derivation
from G1491 (εἶδος);
Appears 11 times in Scripture
“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.”
“Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?”
“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.”
“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”
“You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?”
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”
“At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.”
“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.””
“You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).