Topic
Idol
91 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Leviticus 26:1Easton · Nave Made of — Wood and stone
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
- Isaiah 40:19Easton · Nave Manufacture of
The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
- Genesis 28:18Easton
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
- Genesis 31:45Easton
And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.
- Genesis 35:14Easton
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
- Genesis 35:20Easton
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
- Exodus 20:4Nave Manufacture of
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
- Exodus 32:3Nave Made of — Gold
And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
- Exodus 32:4Nave Manufacture of
And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 32:20Nave Manufacture of
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
- Exodus 34:15Nave Things offered to, not to be eaten
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
- Exodus 34:17Nave Manufacture of, forbidden
Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
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- Numbers 33:52 Easton
- Deuteronomy 4:12–19 Easton
- Deuteronomy 4:16 Easton
- Deuteronomy 4:23 Nave Manufacture of
- Deuteronomy 4:28 Nave Made of — Wood and stone
- Deuteronomy 7:25 Easton
- Deuteronomy 9:12 Easton
- Deuteronomy 27:15 Easton
- Deuteronomy 29:17 Easton
- Deuteronomy 32:21 Easton
- Joshua 4:9 Easton
- Joshua 24:14 Easton
- Judges 17:3 Easton
- Judges 17:4 Easton
- Judges 17:5 Easton
- Judges 18:14 Easton
- Judges 18:17 Easton
- Judges 18:18 Easton
- Judges 18:20 Easton
- 1 Samuel 6:5 Easton
- 1 Samuel 7:12 Easton
- 1 Samuel 19:13 Easton
- 1 Kings 15:13 Easton
- 1 Kings 16:13 Easton
- 1 Kings 18:25–29 Nave Prayer to, unanswered
- 2 Kings 3:2 Easton
- 2 Kings 10:27 Easton
- 2 Kings 19:18 Nave Made of — Wood and stone
- 2 Chronicles 14:3 Easton
- 2 Chronicles 14:5 Easton
- 2 Chronicles 15:16 Easton
- 2 Chronicles 34:4 Easton
- 2 Chronicles 34:7 Easton
- Psalms 31:6 Easton
- Psalms 97:7 Easton
- Psalms 115:4–7 Nave Made of — Gold
- Psalms 135:15–17 Nave Made of — Gold
- Psalms 139:24 Easton
- Isaiah 2:20 Nave Made of — Gold
- Isaiah 16:12 Nave Prayer to, unanswered
- Isaiah 17:8 Easton
- Isaiah 19:3 Easton
- Isaiah 30:22 Nave Made of — Gold
- Isaiah 31:7 Nave Made of — Gold
- Isaiah 37:19 Nave Made of — Wood and stone
- Isaiah 40:20 Nave Manufacture of
- Isaiah 41:6 Nave Made of — Wood and stone
- Isaiah 41:29 Easton
- Isaiah 44:9–12 Nave Manufacture of
- Isaiah 44:10–20 Easton
- Isaiah 44:10 Easton
- Isaiah 44:13–19 Nave Made of — Wood and stone
- Isaiah 44:17 Nave Manufacture of
- Isaiah 45:16 Easton
- Isaiah 48:5 Easton
- Isaiah 66:3 Easton
- Jeremiah 4:26 Smith
- Jeremiah 8:19 Easton
- Jeremiah 11:13 Easton
- Jeremiah 12:1 Smith
- Jeremiah 19:1 Smith
- Jeremiah 43:13 Easton
- Jeremiah 50:38 Easton
- Ezekiel 8:12 Easton
- Ezekiel 16:36 Easton
- Ezekiel 20:8 Easton
- Ezekiel 20:32 Nave Made of — Wood and stone
- Ezekiel 30:13 Easton
- Ezekiel 37:23 Easton
- Daniel 3:1 Easton
- Hosea 8:4 Nave Made of — Gold
- Hosea 9:10 Easton
- Nahum 3:6 Easton
- Habakkuk 2:18 Nave Manufacture of
- Wisdom of Solomon 13:15 Smith
- Bel and the Dragon 1:3 Smith
- Bel and the Dragon 1:13 Smith
- Acts 19:24 Nave Manufacture of
- Acts 19:25 Nave Manufacture of
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 61 references
(1.) Heb. aven, “nothingness;” “vanity” (Isa. 66:3; 41:29; Deut. 32:21; 1 Kings 16:13; Ps. 31:6; Jer. 8:19, etc.).
(2.) ‘Elil, “a thing of naught” (Ps. 97:7; Isa. 19:3); a word of contempt, used of the gods of Noph (Ezek. 30:13).
(3.) ‘Emah, “terror,” in allusion to the hideous form of idols (Jer. 50:38).
(4.) Miphletzeth, “a fright;” “horror” (1 Kings 15:13; 2 Chr. 15:16).
(5.) Bosheth, “shame;” “shameful thing” (Jer. 11:13; Hos. 9:10); as characterizing the obscenity of the worship of Baal.
(6.) Gillulim, also a word of contempt, “dung;” “refuse” (Ezek. 16:36; 20:8; Deut. 29:17, marg.).
(7.) Shikkuts, “filth;” “impurity” (Ezek. 37:23; Nah. 3:6).
(8.) Semel, “likeness;” “a carved image” (Deut. 4:16).
(9.) Tselem, “a shadow” (Dan. 3:1; 1 Sam. 6:5), as distinguished from the “likeness,” or the exact counterpart.
(10.) Temunah, “similitude” (Deut. 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 (Isa. 48:5; Ps. 139:24, “wicked way;” literally, as some translate, “way of an idol”).
(12.) Tsir, “a form;” “shape” (Isa. 45:16).
(13.) Matztzebah, a “statue” set up (Jer. 43:13); a memorial stone like that erected by Jacob (Gen. 28:18; 31:45; 35:14, 20), by Joshua (4:9), and by Samuel (1 Sam. 7:12). It is the name given to the statues of Baal (2 Kings 3:2; 10:27).
(14.) Hammanim, “sun-images.” Hamman is a synonym of Baal, the sun-god of the Phoenicians (2 Chr. 34:4, 7; 14:3, 5; Isa. 17:8).
(15.) Maskith, “device” (Lev. 26:1; Num. 33:52). In Lev. 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 Ezek. 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” (Isa. 44:10-20). It denotes also a figure cast in metal (Deut. 7:25; 27:15; Isa. 40:19; 44:10).
(17.) Massekah, “a molten image” (Deut. 9:12; Judg. 17:3, 4).
(18.) Teraphim, pl., “images,” family gods (penates) worshipped by Abram’s kindred (Josh. 24:14). Put by Michal in David’s bed (Judg. 17:5; 18:14, 17, 18, 20; 1 Sam. 19:13).
“Nothing can be more instructive and significant than this multiplicity and variety of words designating the instruments and inventions of idolatry.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 36 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.