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Lexicon :: Strong's H457 - 'ĕlîl

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אֱלִיל
Transliteration
'ĕlîl
Pronunciation
el-eel'
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Part of Speech
masculine adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from אַל (H408)
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TWOT Reference: 99a

Strong’s Definitions

אֱלִיל ʼĕlîyl, el-eel'; apparently from H408; good for nothing, by analogy vain or vanity; specifically an idol:—idol, no value, thing of nought.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H457 in the following manner: idol (17x), image (1x), no value (1x), things of nought (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H457 in the following manner: idol (17x), image (1x), no value (1x), things of nought (1x).

  1. of nought, good for nothing, worthless

    1. of physicians, a shepherd, a divination

    2. of false gods

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֱלִיל ʼĕlîyl, el-eel'; apparently from H408; good for nothing, by analogy vain or vanity; specifically an idol:—idol, no value, thing of nought.
STRONGS H457: Abbreviations
† אֱלִיל noun masculine (etymology uncertain: most probably akin to Syriac LwlAf   weak, feeble, poor; perhaps also in usage [compare b] felt to suggest אַל not; compare Che on Isaiah 2:8) insufficiency, worthlessness.
a. Zechariah 11:17 רֹעִי הָאֱלִיל the shepherd of worthlessness = the worthless shepherd, Job 13:4 רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל worthless physicians (|| טֹפְלֵי־שֶׁקֶר), Jeremiah 14:14 Qr concrete a thing nought (uttered by prophets), but here קֶסֶם אֱלִיל a worthless divinity (|| חֲזוֺן שֶׁקֶר, תַּרְמִית לִבָּם) should perhaps be read (compare Gf).
b. especially plural אֱלִילִים concrete worthless gods, idols (compare הֲבָלִים) (possibly originally an independent word = gods, compare Sabean אלאלת, & see NöSBAk 1882, p. 1191, but even if so, associated by the prophets with idea of worthlessness, & used by them in irony contrast with אֵלִים, אֱלֹהִים) Leviticus 19:4 (not to be made) Leviticus 26:1 (both H), Isaiah 2:8, 18, 20 (twice in verse) (of silver & gold), Isaiah 10:10 מַמְלְכוֺת הָאֱלִיל (collective) kingdoms of idolatrous worthlessness, Isaiah 10:11; Isaiah 19:1, 3 (of Egypt) Isaiah 31:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 30:13 (Egypt), Habakkuk 2:18 אִלְּמִים א׳ dumb idols, Psalm 96:5 (= 1 Chronicles 16:26) all the gods of the nations are א׳ vain, worthless gods Psalm 97:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:4; 26:1

1 Chronicles

16:26

Job

13:4

Psalms

96:5; 97:7

Isaiah

2:8; 2:8; 2:18; 2:20; 10:10; 10:11; 19:1; 19:3; 31:7

Jeremiah

14:14

Ezekiel

30:13

Habakkuk

2:18

Zechariah

11:17

H457

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H457 matches the Hebrew אֱלִיל ('ĕlîl),
which occurs 20 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - “You shall not make idols for yourselves or erect an image or pillar, and you shall not set up a figured stone in your land to bow down to it, for I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:26 - For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the LORD made the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4 - As for you, you whitewash with lies;
worthless physicians are you all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 96:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5 - For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the LORD made the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - All worshipers of images are put to shame,
who make their boast in worthless idols;
worship him, all you gods!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 - Their land is filled with idols;
they bow down to the work of their hands,
to what their own fingers have made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - And the idols shall utterly pass away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - In that day mankind will cast away
their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
which they made for themselves to worship,
to the moles and to the bats,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:10 - As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11 - shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols
as I have done to Samaria and her images?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - An oracle concerning Egypt.
Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
and I will confound[fn] their counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and the mediums and the necromancers;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - And the LORD said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - “Thus says the Lord GOD:
“I will destroy the idols
and put an end to the images in Memphis;
there shall no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt;
so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - “What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes speechless idols!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - “Woe to my worthless shepherd,
who deserts the flock!
May the sword strike his arm
and his right eye!
Let his arm be wholly withered,
his right eye utterly blinded!”
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