Dict: easton - Idol

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(1.) Heb. aven, "nothingness;" "vanity" kjv@Isaiah:66:3 kjv@Isaiah:41:29; kjv@Deuteronomy:32:21; kjvKings:16:13; kjv@Psalms:31:6; kjv@Jeremiah:8:19, etc.).

(2.) 'Elil, "a thing of naught" kjv@Psalms:97:7; kjv@Isaiah:19:3); a word of contempt, used of the gods of Noph kjv@Ezekiel:30:13).

(3.) 'Emah, "terror," in allusion to the hideous form of idols kjv@Jeremiah:50:38).

(4.) Miphletzeth, "a fright;" "horror" (kjvKings:15:13; kjv@2Chronicals:15:16).

(5.) Bosheth, "shame;" "shameful thing" kjv@Jeremiah:11:13; kjv@Hosea:9:10); as characterizing the obscenity of the worship of Baal.

(6.) Gillulim, also a word of contempt, "dung;" "refuse" kjv@Ezekiel:16:36 kjv@Ezekiel:20:8; kjv@Deuteronomy:29:17, marg.).

(7.) Shikkuts, "filth;" "impurity" kjv@Ezekiel:37:23; kjv@Nahum:3:6).

(8.) Semel, "likeness;" "a carved image" kjv@Deuteronomy:4:16).

(9.) Tselem, "a shadow" kjv@Daniel:3:1; kjv@1Samuel:6:5), as distinguished from the "likeness," or the exact counterpart.

(10.) Temunah, "similitude" kjv@Deuteronomy:4:12-19). Here Moses forbids the several forms of Gentile idolatry.

(11.) 'Atsab, "a figure;" from the root "to fashion," "to labour;" denoting that idols are the result of man's labour kjv@Isaiah:48:5; kjv@Psalms:139:24, "wicked way;" literally, as some translate, "way of an idol").

(12.) Tsir, "a form;" "shape" kjv@Isaiah:45:16).

(13.) Matztzebah, a "statue" set up kjv@Jeremiah:43:13); a memorial stone like that erected by Jacob kjv@Genesis:28:18 kjv@Genesis:31:45 kjv@Genesis:35:14 ,20), by Joshua (4:9), and by Samuel ( kjv@1Samuel:7:12). It is the name given to the statues of Baal ( kjv@2Kings:3:2 kjv@2Kings:10:27).

(14.) Hammanim, "sun-images." Hamman is a synonym of Baal, the sun-god of the Phoenicians ( kjv@2Chronicals:34:4 kjv@2Chronicals:34:7 kjv@2Chronicals:14:3-5; kjv@Isaiah:17:8).

(15.) Maskith, "device" kjv@Leviticus:26:1; kjv@Numbers:33:52). In kjv@Leviticus:26:1, the words "image of stone" (A.V.) denote "a stone or cippus with the image of an idol, as Baal, Astarte, etc." In kjv@Ezekiel:8:12, "chambers of imagery" (maskith), are "chambers of which the walls are painted with the figures of idols;" comp. ver. 10, 11.

(16.) Pesel, "a graven" or "carved image" kjv@Isaiah:44:10-20). It denotes also a figure cast in metal kjv@Deuteronomy:7:25 kjv@Deuteronomy:27:15; kjv@Isaiah:40:19 kjv@Isaiah:44:10).

(17.) Massekah, "a molten image" kjv@Deuteronomy:9:12; kjv@Judges:17:3-4).

(18.) Teraphim, pl., "images," family gods (penates) worshipped by Abram's kindred kjv@Joshua:24:14). Put by Michal in David's bed kjv@Judges:17:5 kjv@Judges:18:14 kjv@Judges:18:17, 18, 20; kjv@1Samuel:19:13). "Nothing can be more instructive and significant than this multiplicity and variety of words designating the instruments and inventions of idolatry."