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Lexicon :: Strong's H457 - 'ĕlîl

Aa
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 BoxLev 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:4 - Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - Do not make images of false gods, or put up an image cut in stone or a pillar or any pictured stone in your land, to give worship to it; for I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:26 - For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4 - But you put a false face on things; all your attempts to put things right are of no value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5 - For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 - Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - And the images will never be seen again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - In that day men will put their images of silver and of gold, which they made for worship, in the keeping of the beasts of the dark places;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:10 - As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11 - So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and the false gods of Egypt will be troubled at his coming, and the heart of Egypt will be turned to water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and they will be turning to the false gods, and to those who make hollow sounds, and to those who have control of spirits, and to those who are wise in secret arts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For in that day they will all give up their images of silver and of gold, the sin which they made for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the Lord said to me, The prophets say false words in my name, and I gave them no orders, and I said nothing to them: what they say to you is a false vision and wonder-working words without substance, the deceit of their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - This is what the Lord has said: In addition to this, I will give up the images to destruction and put an end to the false gods in Noph; never again will there be a ruler in the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - A curse on the foolish keeper who goes away from the flock! the sword will be on his arm and on his right eye: his arm will become quite dry and his eye will be made completely dark.
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