εἴδωλον
ā'-dō-lon
neuter noun
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From εἶδος (G1491); an image (i.e. for worship)
from G1491; an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such:—idol.
Outline
- an image, likeness
- i.e. whatever represents the form of an object, either real or imaginary
- used of the shades of the departed, apparitions, spectres, phantoms of the mind, etc.
- the image of an heathen god
- a false god