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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 - Turn ye H6437 not H408 unto H413 idols, H457 nor H3808 make H6213 to yourselves molten H4541 gods: H430 I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:1 - Ye shall make H6213 you no H3808 idols H457 nor graven image, H6459 neither H3808 rear you up H6965 a standing image, H4676 neither H3808 shall ye set up H5414 any image H4906 of stone H68 in your land, H776 to bow down H7812 unto it: H5921 for H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:26 - For H3588 all H3605 the gods H430 of the people H5971 are idols: H457 but the LORD H3068 made H6213 the heavens. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4 - But H199 ye H859 are forgers H2950 of lies, H8267 ye H3605➔ are all ➔H3605 physicians H7495 of no value. H457

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:5 - For H3588 all H3605 the gods H430 of the nations H5971 are idols: H457 but the LORD H3068 made H6213 the heavens. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:7 - Confounded be H954 all H3605 they that serve H5647 graven images, H6459 that boast themselves H1984 of idols: H457 worship H7812 him, all H3605 ye gods. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:8 - Their land H776 also is full H4390 of idols; H457 they worship H7812 the work H4639 of their own hands, H3027 that which H834 their own fingers H676 have made: H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:18 - And the idols H457 he shall H2498➔ utterly H3632 abolish. ➔H2498

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - In H3117➔ that H1931 day ➔H3117 a man H120 shall cast H7993 his H3701➔ idols H457 of silver, ➔H3701 and H853 his H2091➔ idols H457 of gold, ➔H2091 which H834 they made H6213 each one for himself to worship, H7812 to the moles H2661 H6512 and to the bats; H5847

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:10 - As H834 my hand H3027 hath found H4672 the kingdoms H4467 of the idols, H457 and whose graven images H6456 did excel them of Jerusalem H3389 and of Samaria; H8111

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:11 - Shall I H6213➔ not, H3808 as H834 I have done H6213 unto Samaria H8111 and her idols, H457 so H3651 do ➔H6213 to Jerusalem H3389 and her idols? H6091

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The burden H4853 of Egypt. H4714 Behold, H2009 the LORD H3068 rideth H7392 upon H5921 a H5645➔ swift H7031 cloud, ➔H5645 and shall come H935 into Egypt: H4714 and H5128➔ the idols H457 of Egypt H4714 shall be moved ➔H5128 at his presence, H6440 and the heart H3824 of Egypt H4714 shall melt H4549 in the midst of it. H7130

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - And H1238➔ the spirit H7307 of Egypt H4714 shall fail ➔H1238 in the midst thereof; H7130 and H6098➔ I will destroy H1104 the counsel thereof: ➔H6098 and they shall seek H1875 to H413 the idols, H457 and to H413 the charmers, H328 and to H413 them that have familiar spirits, H178 and to H413 the wizards. H3049

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For H3588 in H3117➔ that H1931 day ➔H3117 every man H376 shall cast away H3988 his H3701➔ idols H457 of silver, ➔H3701 and H457➔ his H2091➔ idols ➔ H457 of gold, ➔H2091 which H834 your own hands H3027 have made H6213 unto you for a sin. H2399

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then H559➔ the LORD H3068 said ➔H559 unto me, H413 The prophets H5030 prophesy H5012 lies H8267 in my name: H8034 I sent them H7971 not, H3808 neither H3808 have I commanded them, H6680 neither H3808 spake H1696 unto them: H413 they H1992 prophesy H5012 unto you a H2377➔ false H8267 vision ➔H2377 and divination, H7081 and a thing of nought, H457 and the deceit H8649 of their heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:13 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 I will also destroy H6 the idols, H1544 and I will cause H7673➔ their images H457 to cease ➔H7673 out of Noph; H5297 and H5387➔ there shall be H1961 no H3808 more H5750 a prince ➔H5387 of the land H776 of Egypt: H4714 and I will put H5414 a fear H3374 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18 - What H4100 profiteth H3276 the graven image H6459 that H3588 the maker thereof H3336 hath graven it; H6458 the molten image, H4541 and a teacher H3384 of lies, H8267 that H3588 the maker H3335 of his work H3336 trusteth H982 therein, H5921 to make H6213 dumb H483 idols? H457

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - Woe H1945 to H7473➔ the idol H457 shepherd ➔H7473 that leaveth H5800 the flock! H6629 the sword H2719 shall be upon H5921 his arm, H2220 and upon H5921 his right H3225 eye: H5869 his arm H2220 shall be H3001➔ clean H3001 dried up, ➔H3001 and H5869➔ his right H3225 eye ➔H5869 shall be H3543➔ utterly H3543 darkened. ➔H3543
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