Idols
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye
are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will
dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God,
and they shall be my people....
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i-dol'-a-tri (teraphim, "household idols," "idolatry";
eidololatreia): There is ever in the human mind a craving
for visible forms to express religious conceptions, and this
tendency does not disappear with the acceptance, or even
with the constant recognition, of pure spiritual truths (see
IMAGES). Idolatry originally meant the worship of ido...
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Manufacture of
Ex 20:4; 32:4,20; De 4:23; Isa 40:19,20; 44:9-12,17;
Hab
2:18; Ac 19:24,25
-Manufacture of, forbidden
Ex 20:4; 34:17
-Made of
Gold
Ex 32:3,4; Ps 115:4-7; 135:15-17; Isa 2:20; 30:22;
31:7;
Ho 8:4
Silver
Isa 2:20; 30:22; 31:7; Ho 8:4
Wood and stone
Le 26:1; De 4:28; 2Ki 19:18; Isa 37:19; 41:6; 44:13-
19;
Eze 20:32
-Cove...
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strictly speaking denotes the worship of deity in a visible
form, whether the images to which homage is paid are
symbolical representations of the true God or of the false
divinities which have been made the objects of worship in
his stead.
I. History of idolatry among the Jews. --The first
undoubted allusion to idolatry or idolatrous customs...
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An image or anything used as an object of worship in place
of the true God. Among the earliest objects of worship,
regarded as symbols of deity, were the meteoric stones,which
the ancients believed to have been images of the Gods sent
down from heaven. From these they transferred their regard
to rough unhewn blocks, to stone columns or pillars...
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(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;" "hor...
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image-worship or divine honour paid to any created object.
Paul
describes the origin of idolatry in Rom. 1:21-25:
men forsook
God, and sank into ignorance and moral corruption
(1:28).
The forms of idolatry are, (1.) Fetishism, or the
worship of
trees, rivers, hills, stones, etc.
(2.) Nature worship, the worship of the sun, moon,
and stars...
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Of the 19 Hebrew words for it and IMAGE many express the
abhorrence which idolatry deserves and the shame and sorrow
of the idolater.
(1) Awen, "vanity," "nothingness," "wickedness,"
"sorrow" (Isaiah 66:3; Isaiah 41:29; Deuteronomy 32:21; 1
Kings 16:13; Psalm 31:6; Jeremiah 8:19; Jeremiah 10:8;
Zechariah 10:2; 1 Samuel 15:23). "Beth-el," the...
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Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou
commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit
sacrilege?...
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And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and
served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:...
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