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Koine Greek wordlink #117902

SR GNT 1 Cor 12:2 εἴδωλα (eidōla) ‘pagans you_all were to idols silent as would’ Strongs=14970 Lemma=eidōlon
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=59 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form εἴδωλα (N-ANP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘εἴδωλα’ (N-ANP) is always and only glossed as ‘idols’.

Rom 2:22 ‘you are committing_adultery you detesting idols you are temple-robbing’ SR GNT Rom 2:22 word 9

OET-LV: 22 You saying not to _be _committing _adultery, you _are _committing _adultery? You detesting the idols, you _are _temple-robbing? (ROM_2:22)

OET-RV: 22 You teach about not messing with other people’s spouses, yet you do it yourself. You detest idols, but you sneak money out of the temple. (ROM 2:22)

Rev 9:20 ‘demons and the idols golden and silver’ SR GNT Rev 9:20 word 32

OET-LV: 20 And the rest of _the people, who not were _killed _off by the plagues these, not _even they _repented of the works of _the hands of _them, in _order _that not they _will _be _prostrating before _the demons, and the idols the golden, and the silver, and the bronze, and the stone, and the wooden, which neither to _be _seeing are _being _able, nor to _be _hearing, nor to _be _walking. (REV_9:20)

OET-RV: 20 However, the rest of humankind that hadn’t been killed by those plagues, didn’t repent of their actions and didn’t stop worshipping demons and idols made of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood—idols that can’t see, can’t hear, and can’t walk. (REV 9:20)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘eidōlon’ have 4 different glosses: ‘an idol’, ‘of idols’, ‘idol’, ‘idols’.

Greek words (4) other than εἴδωλα (N-ANP) with a gloss related to ‘idols’

ACTs 15:20 εἰδώλων (eidōlōn) N-GNP ‘to_be keeping_away from the pollutions of idols and sexual_immorality and’ SR GNT Acts 15:20 word 10

OET-LV: 20 but to _write to _them which to _be _keeping _away from _the pollutions of_ the _idols, and the sexual _immorality, and the strangled animal, and the blood. (ACT_15:20)

OET-RV: 20 but to write to them to keep away from anything polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, and from strangled animals and eating or drinking blood. (ACT 15:20)

2 COR 6:16 εἰδώλων (eidōlōn) N-GNP ‘by the temple of god with idols we for the temple’ SR GNT 2 Cor 6:16 word 7

OET-LV: 16 And what agreement exists by_the_temple of_god with idols? for we the_temple of_god are the_living, as said the god, that I _will _be _dwelling in them, and I _will _be _walking _among them, and I _will _be of _them god, and they will _be of _me a_people. (CO2_6:16)

OET-RV: 16 What agreement can God’s temple have with idols, because we are the temple of the living God? As God said,
⇔ ‘I will live with them
⇔ and I will walk among them.
⇔ I will be their god
⇔ and they will be my people.’ (CO2 6:16)

1 TH 1:9 εἰδώλων (eidōlōn) N-GNP ‘to god from idols to_be serving for the god living’ SR GNT 1 Th 1:9 word 21

OET-LV: 9 For/Because they concerning us are _reporting what _kind entrance we _had to you _all, and how you _all _turned _back to the god from the idols, to _be _serving for_the_god living and true, (TH1_1:9)

OET-RV: 9 They’ve been reporting back to us about kindly we were accepted by you all and how you all turned from idols to God, to serve the living and true God (TH1 1:9)

1 YHN 5:21 εἰδώλων (eidōlōn) N-GNP ‘keep yourselves from idols’ SR GNT 1 Yhn 5:21 word 7

OET-LV: 21 Little _children, keep yourselves from the idols. (JN1_5:21)

OET-RV: 21 You new believers, don’t honour idols. (JN1 5:21)

Key: N=noun ANP=accusative,neuter,plural GNP=genitive,neuter,plural