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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

εἴδωλον

Lemmaεἴδωλον
Citation formεἴδωλον, ου, τό
Part of speechnoun
Glossan idol, false god
Strong’sG1497
Transliterationeídōlon
Definitionan image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such
KJV glosses:--idol.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences11

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 formGrammar 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

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for εἴδωλον with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.