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εἴδωλον

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	εἴδωλον
Citation form	εἴδωλον, ου, τό
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	an idol, false god
Strong’s	G1497
Transliteration	eídōlon
Definition	an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such
KJV glosses	:--idol.
Derivation	from
SBLGNT occurrences	11

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
εἴδωλα	noun, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — Romans 2:22 noun, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — 1 Corinthians 12:2 noun, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — Revelation 9:20
εἴδωλον	noun, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — 1 Corinthians 8:4
εἴδωλόν	noun, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — 1 Corinthians 10:19
εἰδώλου	noun, genitive, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----GSN-) — 1 Corinthians 8:7
εἰδώλῳ	noun, dative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----DSN-) — Acts 7:41
εἰδώλων	noun, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — Acts 15:20 noun, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — 2 Corinthians 6:16 noun, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — 1 Thessalonians 1:9 noun, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — 1 John 5:21

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----APN-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSN-
noun; MorphGNT ----GPN-
noun; MorphGNT ----GSN-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSN-

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ειδωλον.