noun · feminine
eidōlolatrias
Strong’sG1495
worship or service of an image
stem eidōlolatri-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† εἰδωλο-λατρία (-εία, Rec.), -ας, ἡ
(< εἴδωλον, λατρεία),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1495 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
idolatry, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | eidōlolatrias2×εἰδωλολατρία | eidōlolatriais |
| object accusative | eidōlolatrian | eidōlolatriain |
| direct address vocative | eidōlolatriar | eidōlolatriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | eidōlolatriau1×εἰδωλολατρίας | eidōlolatriaiu |
| to, for dative | eidōlolatria | eidōlolatriai1×εἰδωλολατρίαις |
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
eidōlolatria 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
eidōlolatrias“idolatry”subjectnominative singular2×
Galatians 5:20eidōlolatrias, farmakeias, echthrais, eridas, zēlos, thumois, eritheiais, …idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and …
Colossians 3:5… kakosan, kai tan pleonexian hotinas atō eidōlolatrias,… evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
eidōlolatriau“idolatry”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Corinthians 10:14Dioper, agapētoir mu, fugavōr apo tau eidōlolatriau.Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
eidōlolatriai“idolatry”to, fordative plural1×
1 Peter 4:3… epithumiai, oinoflugiai, kōmoi, potoi, kai athemitai eidōlolatriai.… lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.