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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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Zechariah 11:17
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Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 11:17 · retained source text

Woe to the idoll shepheard that leaueth the flocke: the sword shall be vpon his arme, and vpon his right eye: his arme shall be cleane dryed vp, and his right eye shall be vtterly darkened.

1611 marginal noteIere.23.1. ezek.34.2. iohn 10.12.

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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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)