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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.

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

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First occurrence: 1 Kings 15:13

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Jeremiah 22:28
Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 22:28 · retained source text

Is this man Coniah a despised broken idole? is hee a vessell wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?

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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

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

volume 1, leaf 939 (noun entry)