Quick Definition
sacrificed to an image
Strong's Definition
an image-sacrifice, i.e. part of an idolatrous offering
Derivation: neuter of a compound of G1497 (εἴδωλον) and a presumed derivative of G2380 (θύω);
KJV Usage: (meat, thing that is) offered (in sacrifice, sacrificed) to (unto) idols
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εἰδωλόθυτος, εἰδωλόθυτον (εἴδωλον and θύω), a Biblical and ecclesiastical word (Winers Grammar, 26; 100 (94)), sacrificed to idols; τό εἰδωλόθυτον and τά εἰδωλόθυτα denote the flesh left over from the heathen sacrifices; it was either eaten at feasts, or sold (by the poor and the miserly) in the market: Act_15:29; Act_21:25; 1Co_8:1; 1Co_8:4; 1Co_8:7; 1Co_8:10; 1Co_10:19; 1Co_10:28 (here L text T Tr WH read ἱερόθυτόν, which see); Rev_2:14; Rev_2:20. (Cf. Lightfoot on Galatians, p. 308f.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱερόθυτος hierothutos 1x
offered in sacrifice, 1Co_10:28
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† εἰδωλόθυτος , -ον
( < εἴδωλον , θύω ),
[in LXX : 4Ma_5:2 * ;]
sacri\-ficed to idols: τὸ , τὰ εἰ ., Act_15:29 ; Act_21:25 , 1Co_8:1 ; 1Co_8:4 ; 1Co_8:7 ; 1Co_8:10 ; 1Co_10:19 , Rev_2:14 ; Rev_2:20 .†
* ἱερόθυτος , -ον
( < ἱερός , θύω ),
offered in sacrifice: 1Co_10:28 ( Rec. εἰδωλοθ -).†
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
εἰδωλόθυτος, -ον,
(εἴδωλον, θύω), [in LXX: 4Ma.5:2 * ;]
sacrificed to idols: τὸ, τὰ εἰ, Act.15:29 21:25, 1Co.8:1, 4 7, 10 10:19, Rev.2:14, 2o.†
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