King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1493
Transliteration: eidōleion
Phonetic Spelling: (i-do-li'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: an idol's temple
Meaning: an idol's temple
εἰδωλεῖον (εἰδώλιον T WH; see Iota), ἐιδωλειου, τό (εἴδωλον, which see; cf. 'Ἀσκληπειον, Ἀπολλωνειον, ἡρακλειον etc. (Winers Grammar, 95 (90))), an idol's temple, temple consecrated to idols: 1 Corinthians 8:10 (1 Macc. 1:47 1 Macc. 10:83; 1 Esdr. 2:9; not found in secular authors; for in the fragment from Sophocles (152 Dindorf) in Plutarch, de amico et adul. c. 36 ἑδωλια has of late been restored).
Word Summary
eidōleion: an idol's temple
Original Word: εἰδωλεῖονTransliteration: eidōleion
Phonetic Spelling: (i-do-li'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: an idol's temple
Meaning: an idol's temple
Strong's Concordance
idol's temple. Neuter of a presumed derivative of eidolon; an image-fane -- idol's temple.
see GREEK eidolon
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1493: εἰδωλεῖονεἰδωλεῖον (εἰδώλιον T WH; see Iota), ἐιδωλειου, τό (εἴδωλον, which see; cf. 'Ἀσκληπειον, Ἀπολλωνειον, ἡρακλειον etc. (Winers Grammar, 95 (90))), an idol's temple, temple consecrated to idols: 1 Corinthians 8:10 (1 Macc. 1:47 1 Macc. 10:83; 1 Esdr. 2:9; not found in secular authors; for in the fragment from Sophocles (152 Dindorf) in Plutarch, de amico et adul. c. 36 ἑδωλια has of late been restored).