KJV dictionary & concordance
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
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: 1 Kings 15:13
Complete exact-word concordance
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them.
I haue euen from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to passe I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idole hath done them, and my grauen image, and my molten image hath commanded them.
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
He that killeth an oxe is as if he slue a man: he that sacrificeth a lambe, as if he cut off a dogs necke: he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swines blood: he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idole: yea, they haue chosen their owne wayes, and their soule delighteth in their abominations.
1611 marginal noteOr, kidde.
1611 marginal noteHeb. maketh a memoriall of.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
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:
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.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
Worthless. Hence idols, things of no value.
An image, form or representation, usually of a man or other animal, consecrated as an object of worship.
