H457 אֱלִיל
ʼĕlîyl — good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
KJV: idol, no value, thing of nought.
Derived from אַל ʼal (not)
Occurs 19 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֱלִיל n.m. insufficiency, worthlessness
- a the shepherd of worthlessness = the worthless shepherd
- b concr. worthless gods, idols
Where it occurs
- Leviticus 19:4 — “‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 26:1 — “‘You shall make for yourselves no idols, and you shall not raise up a carved image or a pillar, and you shall not…
- Isaiah 2:8 — Their land also is full of idols. They worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
- Isaiah 2:18 — The idols shall utterly pass away.
- Isaiah 2:20 — In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to…
- Isaiah 10:10 — As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria,
- Isaiah 10:11 — shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
- Isaiah 19:1 — The burden of Egypt. “Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at…
- Isaiah 19:3 — The spirit of the Egyptians will fail within them. I will destroy their counsel. They will seek the idols, the…
- Isaiah 31:7 — For in that day everyone shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold—sin which your own hands have made…