Eidōlolatreía — G1495

Definition

feminine noun

image-worship (literally or figuratively)

1. used of the formal sacrificial feasts held in honor of false gods
2. of avarice, as a worship of Mammon

Usually translated as

idolatry

Origin

from G1497 and G2999

• eídōlon (G1497)
• latreía (G2999)

Occurrences

Eidōlolatreía occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Corinthians (1), Galatians (1), Colossians (1), 1 Peter (1)

• 1 Corinthians 10:14 — Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry (ειδωλολατρειας).
• Galatians 5:20 — Idolatry (ειδωλολατρεια), witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
• Colossians 3:5 — Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry (ειδωλολατρεια):
• 1 Peter 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries (ειδωλολατρειαις):