εἰδωλεῖον
eidōleîon · G1493 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Thing
- Pagan temple, idol’s templeTemples45 verses
Meanings
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temple of an idol
A temple or sanctuary which houses an idol
Examples1 Corinthians 8:10 For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will his conscience, if he is weak, not be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols?
How it’s used In 1 role
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the word studied the word it goes with
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 2
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ναός naós · G3485 · temple, sanctuary, replica temple
- Generic Greek word for temple or shrine that can denote pagan temples; εἰδωλεῖον is more specific, explicitly emphasizing the idolatrous nature of the structure
- ἱερόν hierón · G2411 · temple
- Broader term for a sacred precinct or temple complex; εἰδωλεῖον is more narrowly focused on an idol shrine specifically, while ἱερόν can refer to any temple compound including the Jerusalem temple
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Temple of an idol7.19
- In 1 Corinthians 8:10, Paul addresses the danger of a weak believer seeing one with knowledge dining in an idol's temple, this noun naming a building set apart for the worship of a pagan deity.
Word family 25 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (εἰδώλιον T WH; see Iota), ἐιδωλειου, τό (εἴδωλον, which see; cf. 'Ἀσκληπειον,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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