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idol

Meaning of “idol”

Sense 1: As a noun, an image, form, or object regarded or used as an object of worship in place of God. Sense 2: Worthless or of no value, whether used adjectivally or by figure.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
15 occurrences12 verses7 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: 1 Kings 15:13

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2 Chronicles 15:16
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¶ And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 15:16 · retained source text

¶ And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he remooued her from beeing Queene, because she had made an idole in a groue: and Asa cut downe her idole, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brooke Kidron.

1611 marginal noteHeb. horror

1611 marginal note1.King. 15.13.

2 Chronicles 33:7
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And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 33:7 · retained source text

And hee set a carued image (the idole which he had made) in the house of God, of which God had said to Dauid, and to Solomon his sonne: In this house, and in Ierusalem which I haue chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my Name for euer.

1611 marginal notePsal. 132.14.

2 Chronicles 33:15
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And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 33:15 · retained source text

And hee tooke away the strange gods and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Ierusalem, and cast them out of the citie.

Complete reference index — all 12 verses
1 Kings 15:132 Chronicles 15:162 Chronicles 33:72 Chronicles 33:15Isaiah 48:5Isaiah 66:3Jeremiah 22:28Zechariah 11:17Acts 7:411 Corinthians 8:41 Corinthians 8:71 Corinthians 10:19

Where “idol” appears

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1 Kings2 occurrences
1 verse2 Chronicles4 occurrences
3 versesIsaiah2 occurrences
2 versesJeremiah1 occurrence
1 verseZechariah1 occurrence
1 verseActs1 occurrence
1 verse1 Corinthians4 occurrences
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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

2 Chronicles 33:7

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

1 Corinthians 8:4

As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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An image, form or representation, usually of a man or other animal, consecrated as an object of worship.

volume 1, leaf 939 (noun entry)