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idols

Meaning of “idols”

False objects of worship or devotion; images treated as gods.

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101 occurrences95 verses22 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 19:4

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2 Kings 17:12
For they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 17:12 · retained source text

For they serued idoles, whereof the LORD had said vnto them, Yee shall not doe this thing.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 4.19.

2 Kings 21:11
Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:11 · retained source text

Because Manasseh king of Iudah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly aboue all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Iudah also to sinne with his idoles:

1611 marginal noteIere. 15.4.

2 Kings 21:21
And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:21 · retained source text

And he walked in all the wayes that his father walked in, and serued the idoles that his father serued, and worshipped them:

2 Kings 23:24
¶ Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:24 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idoles, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Iudah, and in Ierusalem, did Iosiah put away, that he might performe the wordes of the lawe, which were written in the booke that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteOr, Teraphim.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 20.27. deut. 18.11.

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