Idols (offered to, sacrificed to) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Idols (offered to, sacrificed to)

[ 1,,G1494, eidolothutos ]
is an adjective signifying sacrificed to idols" (eidolon, as above, and thuo, "to sacrifice"), Acts 15:29; Acts 21:25; 1 Corinthians 8:1, 1 Corinthians 8:4, 1 Corinthians 8:7, 1 Corinthians 8:10; 1 Corinthians 10:19 (in all these the RV substitutes "sacrificed" for the AV); Revelation 2:14, Revelation 2:20 (in these the RV and AV both have "sacrificed"). Some inferior mss. have this adjective in 1 Corinthians 10:28; See No. 2. The flesh of the victims, after sacrifice, was eaten or sold.

[ 2,,G2413 G2380, hierothutos ]
"offered in sacrifice" (hieros, "sacred," and thuo, "to sacrifice"), is found in the best mss. in 1 Corinthians 10:28 (See No. 1).

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