G1497
εἴδωλον
idol
εἴδωλον, -ου, τό (εἶδος), [in LXX for אֱלוֹהָּ, גְּלוּלִים, etc. ;] __1. in cl. __(a) a phantom, image, likeness; __(b) an image in the mind, an idea, fancy. __2. In LXX and NT, __(a) an image of a god, an idol (cf. Polyb., xxxi, 3, 13): Act.7:41, 1Co.12:2, Rev.9:20; __(b) the false god or idol worshipped in an image (ICC, on I Th, l.with): Act.15:20, Rom.2:22, 1Co.8:4, 7 10:19 2Co.6:18, 1Th.1:9, 1Jn.5:21.† (AS)
The KJV translates G1497 in the following manner:
idols (14x), idol (8x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
εἴδωλον — eídōlon
εἴδωλον, εἰδώλου, τό (εἶδος (cf. Winers Grammar, 96 (91); Etym. Magn. 296, 9)), in Greek writings from Homer down, an image, likeness, i. e. whatever represents the form of an object, either real or imaginary; used of the shades of the departed (in Homer), of apparitions, spectres, phantoms of the mind, etc.; in Biblical writings (an idol, i. e.):
1. the image of a heathen god: Act 7:41; 1Co 12:2; Rev 9:20 (Isa 30:22; 2Ch 23:17, etc.; θεῶν ἤ δαιμον´ων εἴδωλα, Polybius 31, 3, 13);
2. a false god: Act 15:20 (on which see ἀλίσγημα); Rom 2:22; 1Co 8:4; 1Co 8:7; 1Co 10:19; 2Co 6:16; 1Th 1:9 (often in the Sept.); φυλάσσειν ἑαυτόν ἀπό τῶν εἰδώλων, to guard oneself from all manner of fellowship with heathen worship, 1Jn 5:21.
11 occurrences
Acts (2), Romans (1), I Corinthians (4), II Corinthians (1), I Thessalonians (1), I John (1), Revelation of John (1)