εἴδωλον

εἴδωλον, -ου, τό

(εἶδος), [in LXX for אֱלוֹהָּ, גְּלוּלִים, etc. ;]

1. in cl.

(a) a phantom, image, likeness;

(b) an image in the mind, an idea, fancy.

2. In LXX and NT,

(a) an image of a god, an idol (cf. Polyb., xxxi, 3, 13): ApG 7,41, 1 Kor 12,2, Åb 9,20;

(b) the false god or idol worshipped in an image (ICC, on I Th, l.with): ApG 15,20, Rom 2,22, 1 Kor 8,4, 7; 10,19 2 Kor 6,18, 1 Thess 1,9, 1 Joh 5,21.†