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εἰδωλόθυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εἰδωλόθυτος εἰδωλόθυτον

Structure: εἰδωλοθυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qu/w

Sense

  1. sacrificed to idols, meats offered to idols

Examples

  • ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν Ἑβραίων ἐπισπᾶσθαι, καὶ κρεῶν ὑείων καὶ εἰδωλοθύτων ἀναγκάζειν ἀπογεύεσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 5:2)
  • ἔδοξεν γὰρ τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ ἡμῖν μηδὲν πλέον ἐπιτίθεσθαι ὑμῖν βάροσ πλὴν τούτων τῶν ἐπάναγκεσ, ἀπέχεσθαι εἰδωλοθύτων καὶ αἵματοσ καὶ πνικτῶν καὶ πορνείασ· (, chapter 14 61:1)
  • Περὶ δὲ τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων, οἴδαμεν ὅτι πάντεσ γνῶσιν ἔχομεν. (PROS KORINQIOUS A, chapter 8 2:1)
  • Περὶ τῆσ βρώσεωσ οὖν τῶν εἰδωλοθύτων οἴδαμεν ὅτι οὐδὲν εἴδωλον ἐν κόσμῳ, καὶ ὅτι οὐδεὶσ θεὸσ εἰ μὴ εἷσ. (PROS KORINQIOUS A, chapter 8 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. sacrificed to idols

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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