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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֱלִיל

אֱלִיל

H457

Transliteration: ʼĕlîyl

Pronunciation: el-eel'

Definition: idol


Original: אליל

Transliteration: 'ĕlı̂yl

Phonetic: el-eel'

BDB Definition:

  1. of nought, good for nothing, worthless
    1. of physicians, a shepherd, a divination
    2. of false gods

Origin: apparently from H408" class="dictionary-topic-link">H408

TWOT entry: 99a

Part(s) of speech: Adjective Masculine


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