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1497 ~εἴδωλον~ eidolon \@i’-do-lon\@ from 1491; an image (i.e. for worship); n nAV-idol 11; 11

1) an image, likeness

1a) i.e. whatever represents the form of an object, either real or imaginary

1b) used of the shades of the departed, apparitions, spectres, phantoms of the mind, etc.

2) the image of a heathen god

3) a false god