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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - εἰδωλολατρεία
εἰδωλολατρεία
G1495
Transliteration: eidōlolatreía
Pronunciation: i-do-lol-at-ri'-ah
Definition: idolatry
- Original: εἰδωλολατρεία - Transliteration: Eidololatreia - Phonetic: i-do-lol-at-ri'-ah
- Definition:
1. the worship of false gods, idolatry
a. of the formal sacrificial feats held in honour of false gods
b. of avarice, as a worship of Mammon
2. in the plural, the vices springing from idolatry and peculiar to it
- Origin: from G1497" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1497 and G2999" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2999 - TDNT entry: 08:19,2 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G1497" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1497 and G2999" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2999; image worship (literally or figuratively): - idolatry.