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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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