TBESH · H0457
אֱלִיל · e.lil · idol
1) of nought, good for nothing, worthless 1a) of physicians, a shepherd, a divination 1b) of false gods
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e.lil H457
אֱלִיל (e.lil) means “idol” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
אֱלִיל Hebrew · H457 20 tagged occurrences in 18 verses
Pronunciation guide: el-eel' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
apparently from H408 (אַל); good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
KJV glosses: idol, no value, thing of nought.
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How translators render H457
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| idols | 5 |
| are idols | 2 |
| the idols | 2 |
| and its idols | 1 |
| and the idols | 1 |
| in idols | 1 |
| the idolatrous | 1 |
| their idols | 1 |
| to the images | 1 |
| to the worthless | 1 |
| worthless | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| idols | 3 |
| and his idols | 2 |
| and the idols | 2 |
| his idols | 2 |
| and a thing of nought | 1 |
| and her idols | 1 |
| images | 1 |
| of idols | 1 |
| of no value | 1 |
| of the idols | 1 |
| themselves of idols | 1 |
| to the idol | 1 |
| to the idols | 1 |
| ye not unto idols | 1 |
| you no idols | 1 |
Verses containing H457
Page 1 of 1. 18 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Leviticus 19:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
Read word by word - Leviticus 26:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 16:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
Read word by word - Job 13:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Read word by word - Psalms 96:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
Read word by word - Psalms 97:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!
Read word by word - Isaiah 2:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
Read word by word - Isaiah 2:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and the idols will vanish completely.
Read word by word - Isaiah 2:20
· BSB · 2 occurrences
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.
Read word by word - Isaiah 10:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
Read word by word - Isaiah 10:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
Read word by word - Isaiah 19:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
Read word by word - Isaiah 19:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
Read word by word - Isaiah 31:7
· BSB · 2 occurrences
For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 14:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 30:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.
Read word by word - Habakkuk 2:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
Read word by word - Zechariah 11:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
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