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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 turn H6437 to idols H457 or make H6213 for yourselves cast H4541 metal H4541 gods H430; I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.

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‘You shall not make H6213 for yourselves idols H457, nor H3808 shall you set H6965 up H6965 for yourselves a carved H6459 image H6459 or a memorial H4676 stone H4676, nor H3808 shall you place H5414 a figured H4906 stone H68 in your land H776 to bow H2331 down H2331 [fn]to it; for I am the LORD H3068 your God H430.

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For all H3605 the gods H430 of the peoples H5971 are [fn]idols H457,

But the LORD H3068 made H6213 the heavens H8064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:4 -

“But you smear H2950 me with lies H8267;

You are all H3605 worthless H457 physicians H7495.

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For all H3605 the gods H430 of the peoples H5971 are [fn]idols H457,

But the LORD H3068 made H6213 the heavens H8064.

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May all H3605 those be H954 ashamed H954 who serve H5647 carved H6459 images H6459,

Who boast H1984 in idols H457;

[fn]Worship H2331 Him, all H3605 you [fn]gods H430.

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Their land H776 has also been filled H4390 with idols H457;

They worship H2331 the work H4639 of their hands H3027,

That which H834 their fingers H676 have made H6213.

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And the idols H457 will completely H3632 vanish H2498.

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On that day H3117 people H120 will throw H7993 away H7993 to the moles H2661 and the bats H5847

Their idols H457 of silver H3701 and their idols H457 of gold H2091,

Which H834 they made H6213 for themselves to worship H2331,

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“As my hand H3027 has reached H4672 to the kingdoms H4467 of the idols H457,

Whose carved H6456 images H6456 were greater than H4480 those of Jerusalem H3389 and Samaria H8111,

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Shall I not do H6213 the same H3651 to Jerusalem H3389 and her images H6091

Just H834 as H834 I have done H6213 to Samaria H8111 and her idols H457?”

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The pronouncement H4853 concerning Egypt H4714:

Behold H2009, the LORD H3068 is riding H7392 on a swift H7031 cloud H5645 and is about to come H935 to Egypt H4714;

The idols H457 of Egypt H4714 will tremble H5128 at His presence H6440,

And the heart H3824 of the Egyptians H4714 will melt H4549 within H7130 them.

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“Then the spirit H7307 of the Egyptians H4714 will be demoralized H1238 within H7130 them;

And I will confuse H1104 their strategy H6098,

So that they will resort H1875 to idols H457 and ghosts H328 of H328 the H328 dead H328,

And to [fn]mediums H178 and spiritists H3049.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:7 - For on that day H3117 every H376 person H376 will reject H3988 his silver H3701 idols H457 and his gold H2091 idols H457, which H834 your hands H3027 have made H6213 for you as a sin H2399.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to me, “The prophets H5030 are prophesying H5012 falsehood H8267 in My name H8034. I have neither H3808 sent H7971 them nor H3808 commanded H6680 them, nor H3808 spoken H1696 to them; they are prophesying H5012 to you a false H8267 vision H2377, divination H7081, futility H457, and the deception H8649 of their own [fn]minds H3820.

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‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559:

“I will also destroy H6 the idols H1544

And make the [fn]images H457 cease H7673 from [fn]Memphis H5297.

And there will no H3808 longer H5750 be a prince H5387 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714;

And I will put H5414 fear H3374 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:18

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“What H4100 benefit H3276 is a carved H6459 image H6459 when H3588 its maker H3335 has carved H6458 it,

Or a cast H4541 metal H4541 image H4541, a teacher H3384 of falsehood H8267?

For its maker H3335 trusts H982 in his own handiwork H3336

When he fashions H6213 speechless H483 idols H457.

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“Woe H1945 to the worthless H457 shepherd H7473

Who abandons H5800 the flock H6629!

A sword H2719 will be on his arm H2220

And on his right H3225 eye H5869!

His arm H2220 will be totally H3001 withered H3001,

And his right H3225 eye H5869 will be [fn]blind H3543.”

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