“an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such”
Definition
Strong’s Definition
an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. a form, shape, figure; image or statue; hence, an idol, image of a god, Acts 7:41; a heathen god, 1 Cor. 8:4, 7; for εἰδωλόθυτον, the flesh of victims sacrificed to idols, Acts 15:20; Rom. 2:22; 1 Cor. 10:19; 12:12; 2 Cor. 6:16; 1 Thess. 1:9; 1 Jn. 5:21; Rev. 9:20*
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Etymology
from G1491 (εἶδος);
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“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.”