Lexicon :: Strong's H457 - 'ĕlîl

אֱלִיל

Transliteration

'ĕlîl

Pronunciation

el-eel'

Part of Speech

masculine adjective

Root Word (Etymology)

Apparently from אַל (H408)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 99a

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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 Nö^{SBAk 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.

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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

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H457 matches the Hebrew אֱלִיל ('ĕlîl),
which occurs 20 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Lev 19:4

Lev 19:4 - Turn^H6437 ye not unto idols,^H457 nor make^H6213 to yourselves molten^H4541 gods:^H430 I am the LORD^H3068 your God.^H430

Lev 26:1

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

1Ch 16:26

1Ch 16:26 - For all the gods^H430 of the people^H5971 are idols:^H457 but the LORD^H3068 made^H6213 the heavens.^H8064

Job 13:4

Job 13:4 - But^H199 ye are forgers^H2950 of lies,^H8267 ye are all physicians^H7495 of no value.^H457

Psa 96:5

Psa 96:5 - For all the gods^H430 of the nations^H5971 are idols:^H457 but the LORD^H3068 made^H6213 the heavens.^H8064

Psa 97:7

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

Isa 2:8

Isa 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 their own fingers^H676 have made:^H6213

Isa 2:18

Isa 2:18 - And the idols^H457 he shall utterly^H3632 abolish.^H2498

Isa 2:20

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

Isa 10:10

Isa 10:10 - As 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

Isa 10:11

Isa 10:11 - Shall I not, as I have done^H6213 unto Samaria^H8111 and her idols,^H457 so do^H6213 to Jerusalem^H3389 and her idols?^H6091

Isa 19:1

Isa 19:1 - The burden^H4853 of Egypt.^H4714 Behold, the LORD^H3068 rideth^H7392 upon a swift^H7031 cloud,^H5645 and shall come^H935 into Egypt:^H4714 and 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^H7130 of it.

Isa 19:3

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

Isa 31:7

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

Jer 14:14

Jer 14:14 - Then the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto me, The prophets^H5030 prophesy^H5012 lies^H8267 in my name:^H8034 I sent^H7971 them not, neither have I commanded^H6680 them, neither spake^H1696 unto them: they prophesy^H5012 unto you a false^H8267 vision^H2377 and divination,^H7081 and a thing of nought,^H457^H434 and the deceit^H8649 of their heart.^H3820

Eze 30:13

Eze 30:13 - Thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD;^H3069 I will also destroy^H6 the idols,^H1544 and I will cause their images^H457 to cease^H7673 out of Noph;^H5297 and there shall be no more 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

Hab 2:18

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

Zec 11:17

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