אֱלִיל ʼĕlîyl

Hebrew · Strong's H457 · pronounced el-eel' · used 20 times in 18 verses

Meaning

good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol

In the King James Version: idol, no value, thing of nought.

Derivation: apparently from H408 (אַל);

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Where it is used

Leviticus 19:4 Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 26:1 “You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
1 Chronicles 16:26 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
Job 13:4 You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
Psalms 96:5 For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.
Psalms 97:7 All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!
Isaiah 2:8 Their land is full of idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their fingers have made.
Isaiah 2:18 and the idols will vanish completely.
Isaiah 2:20 In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.
Isaiah 10:10 As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
Isaiah 10:11 and as I have done to Samaria and its idols, will I not also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
Isaiah 19:1 This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.
Isaiah 19:3 Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
Isaiah 31:7 For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
Jeremiah 14:14 “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
Ezekiel 30:13 This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.
Habakkuk 2:18 What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
Zechariah 11:17 Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”