What does εἰδωλολατρεία (eidōlolatreía) mean in the Bible?
εἰδωλολατρεία (eidōlolatreía): Worship of false gods or idols, encompassing both literal image-veneration and figurative spiritual unfaithfulness to God
Greek · G1495
εἰδωλολατρεία
Image-worship (literally or figuratively)
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εἰδωλολατρεία G1495
Pronunciation eidōlolatreía
What does εἰδωλολατρεία (eidōlolatreía) mean in the Bible?
εἰδωλολατρεία (eidōlolatreía): Worship of false gods or idols, encompassing both literal image-veneration and figurative spiritual unfaithfulness to God
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How does the BSB render G1495?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include idolatry (4).
Where does εἰδωλολατρεία (eidōlolatreía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 10:14. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), 1 Peter (1), Colossians (1), Galatians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It idolatry 4× 1 Corinthians 10:14, Galatians 5:20, Colossians 3:5, 1 Peter 4:3
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1 Corinthians 10:14 εἰδωλολατρίας to idolatry Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Galatians 5:20 εἰδωλολατρία to idolatry Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Colossians 3:5 εἰδωλολατρία to idolatry Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1 Peter 4:3 εἰδωλολατρίαις to idolatry Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 Corinthians 10:14
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
1 Corinthians 1 Galatians 1 Colossians 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
εἰδωλολατρία 2x eidōlolatria Galatians 5:20, Colossians 3:5
εἰδωλολατρίαις 1x eidōlolatriais 1 Peter 4:3
εἰδωλολατρίας 1x eidōlolatrias 1 Corinthians 10:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Galatians 5:20, Colossians 3:5
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x 1 Peter 4:3
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 10:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Worship of false gods or idols, encompassing both literal image-veneration and figurative spiritual unfaithfulness to God
Strong's G1495
Lexical occurrences 0 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Corinthians 10:14 Source Gloss
image-worship (literally or figuratively)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 10:14 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
εἰδωλολατρείας. eidwlolatreiav
worship or service of an image
Read verse Galatians 5:20 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
εἰδωλολατρεία, eidwlolatreia
worship or service of an image
Read verse Colossians 3:5 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
εἰδωλολατρεία, eidwlolatreia
worship or service of an image
Read verse 1 Peter 4:3 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
εἰδωλολατρείαις· eidwlolatreiaiv
worship or service of an image
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Biblical Witnesses
Direct exhortation to flee from worship of false gods and images
Listed among works of the flesh as a vice opposed to Christian virtue
Equated with covetousness as earthly sin requiring moral death in believers
Past pagan religious practices abandoned in conversion to Christian faith
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain