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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Idol  \I"dol\,  n.  [OE.  idole,  F.  idole,  L.  idolum,  fr  Gr  ?,  fr 
  ?  that  which  is  seen,  the  form  shape,  figure,  fr  ?  to  see 
  See  {Wit},  and  cf  {Eidolon}.] 
  1.  An  image  or  representation  of  anything  [Obs.] 
 
  Do  her  adore  with  sacred  reverence,  As  th'  idol  of 
  her  maker's  great  magnificence.  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  An  image  of  a  divinity;  a  representation  or  symbol  of  a 
  deity  or  any  other  being  or  thing  made  or  used  as  an 
  object  of  worship;  a  similitude  of  a  false  god. 
 
  That  they  should  not  worship  devils,  and  idols  of 
  gold.  --Rev.  ix  20. 
 
  3.  That  on  which  the  affections  are  strongly  (often 
  excessively)  set  an  object  of  passionate  devotion;  a 
  person  or  thing  greatly  loved  or  adored. 
 
  The  soldier's  god  and  people's  idol.  --Denham. 
 
  4.  A  false  notion  or  conception;  a  fallacy.  --Bacon. 
 
  The  idols  of  preconceived  opinion.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  idol 
  n  1:  a  material  object  that  is  worshipped  as  a  god;  "thou  shalt 
  not  make  unto  thee  any  graven  image";  "money  was  his 
  god"  [syn:  {graven  image},  {god}] 
  2:  someone  who  is  adored  blindly  and  excessively  [syn:  {matinee 
  idol}] 
  3:  an  ideal  instance;  a  perfect  embodiment  of  a  concept  [syn:  {paragon}, 
  {perfection},  {beau  ideal}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  IDOL 
 
  Icon-Derived  Object  Language.  An  {object-oriented} 
  {preprocessor}  for  {Icon}. 
 
  {(ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/languages/icon/idol.tar.Z)} 
 
  ["Programming  in  Idol:  An  Object  Primer",  C.L.  Jeffery,  U 
  Arizona  CS  TR  #90-10]. 
 
 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Idol 
  (1.)  Heb.  aven,  "nothingness;"  vanity"  (Isa.  66:3;  41:29;  Deut. 
  32:21;  1  Kings  16:13;  Ps  31:6;  Jer.  8:19,  etc.). 
 
  (2.)  'Elil,  "a  thing  of  naught"  (Ps.  97:7;  Isa.  19:3);  a  word 
  of  contempt,  used  of  the  gods  of  Noph  (Ezek.  30:13). 
 
  (3.)  'Emah,  "terror,"  in  allusion  to  the  hideous  form  of  idols 
  (Jer.  50:38). 
 
  (4.)  Miphletzeth  "a  fright;"  horror"  (1  Kings  15:13;  2  Chr. 
  15:16). 
 
  (5.)  Bosheth  "shame;"  "shameful  thing"  (Jer.  11:13;  Hos. 
  9:10);  as  characterizing  the  obscenity  of  the  worship  of  Baal. 
 
  (6.)  Gillulim  also  a  word  of  contempt,  "dung;"  refuse" 
  (Ezek.  16:36;  20:8;  Deut.  29:17,  marg.). 
 
  (7.)  Shikkuts  "filth;"  impurity"  (Ezek.  37:23;  Nah.  3:6). 
 
  (8.)  Semel,  "likeness;"  "a  carved  image"  (Deut.  4:16). 
 
  (9.)  Tselem,  "a  shadow"  (Dan.  3:1;  1  Sam.  6:5),  as 
  distinguished  from  the  "likeness,"  or  the  exact  counterpart. 
 
  (10.)  Temunah  similitude"  (Deut.  4:12-19).  Here  Moses 
  forbids  the  several  forms  of  Gentile  idolatry. 
 
  (11.)  'Atsab,  "a  figure;"  from  the  root  "to  fashion,"  "to 
  labour;"  denoting  that  idols  are  the  result  of  man's  labour 
  (Isa.  48:5;  Ps  139:24,  "wicked  way;"  literally,  as  some 
  translate,  "way  of  an  idol"). 
 
  (12.)  Tsir,  "a  form;"  shape"  (Isa.  45:16). 
 
  (13.)  Matztzebah  a  statue"  set  up  (Jer.  43:13);  a  memorial 
  stone  like  that  erected  by  Jacob  (Gen.  28:18;  31:45;  35:14,  20), 
  by  Joshua  (4:9),  and  by  Samuel  (1  Sam.  7:12).  It  is  the  name 
  given  to  the  statues  of  Baal  (2  Kings  3:2;  10:27). 
 
  (14.)  Hammanim  "sun-images."  Hamman  is  a  synonym  of  Baal,  the 
  sun-god  of  the  Phoenicians  (2  Chr.  34:4,  7;  14:3,  5;  Isa.  17:8). 
 
  (15.)  Maskith  device"  (Lev.  26:1;  Num.  33:52).  In  Lev.  26:1, 
  the  words  "image  of  stone"  (A.V.)  denote  "a  stone  or  cippus  with 
  the  image  of  an  idol,  as  Baal,  Astarte,  etc."  In  Ezek.  8:12, 
  "chambers  of  imagery"  (maskith),  are  "chambers  of  which  the 
  walls  are  painted  with  the  figures  of  idols;"  comp.  ver.  10,  11. 
 
  (16.)  Pesel,  "a  graven"  or  "carved  image"  (Isa.  44:10-20).  It 
  denotes  also  a  figure  cast  in  metal  (Deut.  7:25;  27:15;  Isa. 
  40:19;  44:10). 
 
  (17.)  Massekah,  "a  molten  image"  (Deut.  9:12;  Judg.  17:3,  4). 
 
  (18.)  Teraphim,  pl.,  "images,"  family  gods  (penates) 
  worshipped  by  Abram's  kindred  (Josh.  24:14).  Put  by  Michal  in 
  David's  bed  (Judg.  17:5;  18:14,  17,  18,  20;  1  Sam.  19:13). 
 
  "Nothing  can  be  more  instructive  and  significant  than  this 
  multiplicity  and  variety  of  words  designating  the  instruments 
  and  inventions  of  idolatry." 
 




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