Idols
Human-made Things in the Bible
The idol was an artifact that was made to represent a god as an object of worship. Idols took many forms and were made in many sizes, from smaller than a finger to several meters high. They most frequently were shaped like a human figure, but they often took the form of some animal or bird or even a combination of human and animal.
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In the Bible
The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used
Idols
אֱלִיל ’elil · 15 verses
גִּלּוּל gilul · 45 verses
חַמָּן chaman · 8 verses
סֶמֶל semel · 4 verses
צִיר tsir · 1 verse
צֶלֶם tselem · 7 verses
תַבְנִית tavnith · 1 verse
ἄγαλμα agalma · 1 verse
εἴδωλον eidōlon · 27 verses
εἰκών eikōn · 14 verses
κατείδωλος kateidōlos · 1 verse
τύπος tupos · 1 verse
χάραγμα charagma · 1 verse
Statue, image
צְלֵם tselem · 15 verses
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Sources
Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema