Strong's Number G1497

εἴδωλον

eidolon · i'-do-lon

Transliteration:

eidolon{i'-do-lon}

Word Origin:

from 1491; an image (i.e. for worship)

TDNT:

2:375,202

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Strong's Definition:

an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such

Usage in the KJV:

idol 11

Total: 11
Occurs 11 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

an image, likeness
1. i.e. whatever represents the form of an object, either real or imaginary
2. used of the shades of the departed, apparitions, spectres, phantoms of the mind, etc.
the image of an heathen god
a false god