εἰδωλόθυτος,
-ον, (
εἴδωλον and
θύω), a Biblical and ecclesiastical word [Winers Grammar, 26; 100 (94)],
sacrificed to idols;
τὸ εἰδωλόθυτον and
τὰ 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:
Acts 15:29;
Acts 21:25;
1 Corinthians 8:1, 4, 7, 10;
1 Corinthians 10:19, 28 (here L text
T Tr WH read
ἱερόθυτον, which see);
Revelation 2:14, 20. [Cf. Lightfoot on Galatians, p. 308f.]
Related entry:
ἱερόθυτος,
-ον, (from
ἱερός and
θύω, cf.
εἰδωλόθυτος),
sacrificed, offered in sacrifice, to the gods; as in Plutarch symp. 8, 8, 3 initially used of the
flesh of animals offered in sacrifice: 1 Co. 10:28 L text
T Tr WH. On the use of the word in Greek writings cf.
Lob. ad Phyrn. p. 159.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Acts
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15:29; 21:25
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1 Corinthians
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8:1; 8:4; 8:7; 8:10; 10:19; 10:28; 10:28
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Revelation
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2:14; 2:20
