H457 אֱלִיל
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 20 KJV occurrences
אֱלִיל
ʼĕlîyl · el-eel'
Definition
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
KJV Renderings
idol, no value, thing of nought.
Derivation / Etymology
apparently from H408 (אַל);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 20)
- Leviticus 19:4¶ Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
- 1 Chronicles 16:26For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
- Psalms 97:7Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
- Isaiah 2:18And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
- Isaiah 10:10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
- Isaiah 19:1The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
- Isaiah 31:7For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
- Ezekiel 30:13Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.