noun · masculine
eidōlolatros
Greekεἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolatrēs)
Strong’sG1496
a worshipper of an image
stem eidōlolatr-7 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† εἰδωλολάτρης, -ου, ὁ
(< εἴδωλου + λάτρις, a hireling),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1496 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | eidōlolatros2×εἰδωλολάτρης | eidōlolatrois3×εἰδωλολάτραι |
| object accusative | eidōlolatron | eidōlolatroin |
| direct address vocative | eidōlolatror | eidōlolatroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | eidōlolatrou | eidōlolatroiu |
| to, for dative | eidōlolatro | eidōlolatroi2×εἰδωλολάτραις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
eidōlolatro is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
eidōlolatros“idolater”subjectnominative singular2×
1 Corinthians 5:11“idolater”nun de grafama vi mē sunanamignuerō ean tinos adelfos onomazirōtos ateiō pornos ē pleonektos ē eidōlolatros ē loidoros ē methusos ē harpaxos, to toiouto mēde sunesthiarō.But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
Ephesians 5:5“idolater”houtem gar oidavēr gnōskarōtois hoti pantos pornos ē akathartos ē pleonektos, hem atō eidōlolatros, ouk echatō klēronomian en ta basileia tou Christou kai theou.For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
eidōlolatrois“idolaters”subjectnominative plural3×
1 Corinthians 6:9“idolaters”Ē ouk oidavē hoti adikois theou basileian ouk klēronomali? mē planivōr; oute pornois oute eidōlolatrois oute moichois oute malakois oute arsenokoitoisDo you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
1 Corinthians 10:7“idolaters”mēde eidōlolatrois ginevōr, kathōs tinois autoiu; hōsper grafitē; Kathizata tos laos esthiara kai pinara, kai anistanala paizarō.Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
Revelation 22:15“idolaters”exō tois kuōnois kai tois farmakois kai tois pornois kai tois foneuois kai tois eidōlolatrois kai pantos filarōtos kai poiarōtos pseusem.But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
eidōlolatroi“idolaters”to, fordative plural2×
1 Corinthians 5:10“idolaters”ouk pantōs toi pornoi tou kosmou houtou ē toi pleonektoi kai harpaxoi ē eidōlolatroi, epei ofeilave ara ek tou kosmou exerchara.I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
Revelation 21:8“idolaters”toi de deiloi kai apistoi kai bdelusserētoi kai foneuoi kai pornoi kai farmakoi kai eidōlolatroi kai pantoi toi pseudoi tem merem autoiu en ta limna ta kaiirōta pure kai theie, hem atō tos thanatos tos deuteros.But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”