UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: Passage: RV CO1 8:10 · LV CO1 8:10 · Read together CO1 8:10
It is possible that the statement about banqueting in the temple of an idol should be understood as a process by which a person would symbolically identify himself with the deity in question. This would accordingly provide a problem for an individual who was weak in his conscience.

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: εἰδωλεῖον; -ου

Related lemmas: εἶδος

Sense 1: temple of an idol

Semantic entry: 7.19

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Buildings

Definition: a temple or sanctuary which houses an idol

Notes: The term εἰδωλεῖον may be rendered as ‘the building in which an idol is placed’ or ‘a large house in which an idol is worshiped.’ Since ‘idol’ is often rendered as ‘the statue of a god,’ εἰδωλεῖον may be rendered as ‘the building in which there is a statue of a god’ or ‘a building in which a statue of a god is worshiped.’

Further resources: realia:3.14.2

CO1 8:10: RV CO1 8:10 · LV CO1 8:10 · Read together CO1 8:10

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OET-RV CO1 8:10

10 Yes, if someone with a weaker conscience sees you eating at a place with an idol, they might be encouraged to eat food that’s offered to idols against their conscience,

OET-LV CO1 8:10

10 For/Because if anyone may _see you the one having knowledge in an_idol _shrine reclining, not the conscience of _him weak being, will _be _being _built, in _order that the idol _sacrificed things to _be _eating?

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

εἰδωλεῖον

Form 1

Sense 1: temple of an idol