Bible Dictionary
Idol
An idol is an image or created object treated as a god or worshiped in place of the true God. Scripture uses the term for carved, molded, painted, or household images and repeatedly exposes their powerlessness.
Biblical Usage
The Bible condemns idols as false objects of worship and contrasts them with the living God. Idols included images of Baal, household gods, sun-images, carved figures, molten images, and painted representations. Scripture repeatedly presents them as human inventions without divine power.
Scripture References
Isaiah 66:3
Isaiah 41:29
Deuteronomy 32:21
1 Kings 16:13
Psalms 31:6
Jeremiah 8:19
Psalms 97:7
Isaiah 19:3
Ezekiel 30:13
Jeremiah 50:38
1 Kings 15:13
2 Chronicles 15:16
Jeremiah 11:13
Hosea 9:10
Ezekiel 16:36
Ezekiel 20:8
Deuteronomy 29:17
Ezekiel 37:23
Nahum 3:6
Deuteronomy 4:16
Daniel 3:1
1 Samuel 6:5
Deuteronomy 4:12-19
Isaiah 48:5
Psalms 139:24
Isaiah 45:16
Jeremiah 43:13
Genesis 28:18
Genesis 31:45
Genesis 35:14
Genesis 35:20
1 Samuel 7:12
2 Kings 3:2
2 Kings 10:27
2 Chronicles 34:4
2 Chronicles 34:7
Isaiah 17:8
Leviticus 26:1
Numbers 33:52
Ezekiel 8:12
Isaiah 44:10-20
Deuteronomy 7:25
Deuteronomy 27:15
Isaiah 40:19
Isaiah 44:10
Deuteronomy 9:12
Judges 17:3
Judges 17:4
Joshua 24:14
Judges 17:5
Judges 18:14
Judges 18:17
Judges 18:18
Judges 18:20
1 Samuel 19:13
Jeremiah 12:1
Jeremiah 19:1
Wis 13:15
1 Corinthians 8:10
Jeremiah 4:26