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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 H457 or make for yourselves molten gods; I am Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 -

‘You shall not make for yourselves [fn]idols H457, nor shall you set up for yourselves a graven image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you [fn]place a carved stone in your land to bow down [fn]to it; for I am Yahweh your God.

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For all the gods of the peoples are [fn]idols H457,

But Yahweh made the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4 -

“But you cover me with lies;

You are all worthless H457 physicians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5 -

For all the gods of the peoples are [fn]idols H457,

But Yahweh made the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 -

Let all those be ashamed who serve graven images,

Who boast of idols H457;

[fn]Worship Him, all you [fn]gods!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 -

Their land has also been filled with idols H457;

They worship the work of their hands,

That which their fingers have made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 -

But the idols H457 will completely vanish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 -

In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats

Their idols H457 of silver and their idols H457 of gold,

Which they made for themselves to worship,

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“As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols H457,

Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11 -

Shall I not [fn]do to Jerusalem and her images

Just as I have done to Samaria and her idols H457?”

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The [fn]oracle concerning Egypt.

Behold, Yahweh is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;

The idols H457 of Egypt will shake at His presence,

And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

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“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied to destruction within them;

And I will confuse their counsel,

So that they will seek idols H457 and ghosts of the dead

And to [fn]mediums and spiritists.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For in that day every man will reject his silver idols H457 and his gold idols H457, which your hands have made for you as a sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then Yahweh said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name. I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a vision of lies, divination, futility H457, and the deception of their own hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

“I will also destroy the idols

And make the [fn]images H457 cease from [fn]Memphis.

And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt;

And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 -

“What profit is the graven image when its maker has engraved it,

Or a molten image, a teacher of [fn]lies?

For its maker trusts in his own making

When he fashions speechless idols H457.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 -

“Woe to the worthless H457 shepherd

Who forsakes the flock!

A sword will be on his arm

And on his right eye!

His arm will be totally dried up,

And his right eye will be utterly dimmed.”

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