An image- (servant or) worshipper (literally or figuratively)
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10, where the local argument determines whether the emphasis is doctrinal, ethical, pastoral, or ministry-related. The companion therefore treats Idolater as a passage-governed word study rather than a detached lexical slogan.
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10, where the local argument determines whether the emphasis is doctrinal, ethical, pastoral, or ministry-related. The companion therefore treats Idolater as a passage-governed word study rather than a detached lexical slogan.
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include idolaters (5), an idolater (1), an idolater) (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 5:10. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (4), Revelation (2), Ephesians (1).
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
G1496 is represented in this Pauline-focused companion by the reviewed display gloss "idolater." In Paul's letters, the term appears in passages such as 1Cor. 10. 7, Eph. 5. 5, 1Cor. 5. 10, where the local argument determines whether the emphasis is doctrinal, ethical, pastoral, or ministry-related. The companion therefore treats Idolater as a passage-governed word study rather than a detached lexical slogan.
It gives teachers a compact way to notice the term, compare several Pauline settings, and move toward application only after the immediate context has set the boundary. The aim is disciplined clarity: the Greek term can sharpen reading, but it does not replace the grammar, flow, and theological burden of the passage itself.
G1496 appears in Pauline contexts that require close attention to the passage. This companion uses three local anchors to keep the word idolater tied to Paul's argument and pastoral aim.
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
1Cor.10.7 anchors G1496 in a local Pauline context where idolater must be read from the argument of the passage rather than from a bare word list.
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Eph.5.5 shows another Pauline setting for the same term, helping teachers compare usage without forcing every occurrence to carry the same emphasis.
I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
1Cor.5.10 gives a further control text so doctrine and application remain passage-governed and not driven by the gloss alone.
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Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Greek word. Idolater: one who gives ultimate allegiance and worship to created things rather than God
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
a worshipper of an image
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Read versea worshipper of an image
Read versea worshipper of an image
Read versea worshipper of an image
Read versea worshipper 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.
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
εἰδωλολάτρης is built from these roots:
G1496 helps teachers slow down where English readers may move too quickly. The word can illuminate Paul's reasoning, but only when it is held inside the sentence, paragraph, and letter. Across 1Cor.10.7, Eph.5.5, 1Cor.5.10, the pastoral value is not novelty. It is the steady discipline of asking how the word serves Paul's gospel logic, church instruction, moral warning, or ministry encouragement in context.
1Cor.10.7
Idolater is the reviewed display gloss for G1496. In this Pauline-focused companion, local STEP TAGNT evidence shows about 5 Pauline use(s), with common forms including N-NSM 2, N-NPM 2, N-DPM 1. Treat these form signals as support for reading the passage, not as a replacement for context.
The Pauline use of G1496 should be joined to larger biblical theology only through the cited passages and their own contexts. This keeps idolater from becoming a free-floating doctrinal shortcut.
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