Idolatry, Scripturally Speaking
It seems that some people have gotten so caught up in their modern, super spiritual, definition of idolatry that they have kind of forgotten, well, idolatry.
Oh, don’t get me wrong, I’m sure that if someone were to be reading a history book, and there were people in it who bowed down to idols, and offered sacrifices, and burnt their children alive… the modern Christian would comment on their ‘idolatry’. But when speaking about modern conditions, and particularly the modern Christian’s life, they seem to have completely transformed the definition of ‘idolatry’. They have ignored the Scriptural definition, invented a new meaning, and then replaced the one for the other.
IDOL'ATRY, noun [Latin idololatria. Gr. idol, and to worship or serve.]
1. The worship of idols, images, or any thing made by hands, or which is not God.
Idolatry is of two kinds; the worship of images, statues, pictures, etc. made by hands; and the worship of the heavenly bodies, the sun, moon and stars, or of demons, angels, men and animals.
2. Excessive attachment or veneration for any thing, or that which borders on adoration.
Webster’s 1828
Down the Path
Here’s how I see this issue having gone. At first, everyone agreed that the definition of Idolatry was making something out of wood or metal or stone and worshipping it. You imagined for yourself a false god or goddess, found some way of representing this in the physical realm, and worshiped it. You bowed down, lit candles or incense, sacrificed a calf or your oldest child… you worshiped it.
Indeed it didn’t even have to be an ‘idol’. It could include a sacred grove of trees, or a mountain, or even a particular rock. Or some king or priest.
But then people realised that the core aspect of idolatry was not the wood or stone or particular place, but it is worshipping something other than God. It was false worship.
But then we realised that it was possible to be too attached, or to value something too highly. And we said that that was close to worship, and would be false worship, and thus idolatry!
And so we end up with our modern definition of idolatry:
What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, and anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give… An idol is whatever you look at and say in your heart of hearts: ‘If I have that, then I’ll feel my life has meaning, then I’ll know I have value, then I’ll feel significant and secure.’ There are many ways to describe that kind of relationship to something, but perhaps the best one is worship.
Tim Keller, Counterfeit Gods
Off the Path
And we fail to remember that that definition is the end of a long path, it is not the beginning. It is a penumbra or shadow, not the thing itself. And we get so used to searching for shadows, that we miss it when the thing itself presents itself. You will notice that definition totally leaves out idols, incense, and sacrificing your youngest daughter.
And so we end up with Christians searching out the idolatry in their own lives such as ‘liking football too much’… and being perfectly comfortable with saying ‘we need to respect other religions’. Other religions. Like, which worship other gods. Which is the definition of idolatry. So we have just said, “We need to respect idolatry.”.
So let me be very clear: Islam is idolatry. It is not another religion to be respected, it is an enemy to be conquered. It is a high place to be torn down. It is an enemy of Christianity. It is the worship of a false god. It is bowing down (literally) to an enemy of God. It is idolatry… far, far more than your chess club or garden.
January 6 and Idolatry
Some people may remember that the events of January 6 came right after the BLM riots. In both cases there was civil unrest, in both case buildings were broken into, people died. In one case this was localised, in the other case it spread internationally. In one case there were billions of dollars in damage, fire, etc.. in the other some property damage to one building. Which, as far as I know, still stands.
And yet people speak of January 6 in almost hushed tones of horror, and hardly mention the BLM riots at all. Why is that? Well, I am going to go out on a limb and say… idolatry.
Let us speak merely of ‘buildings’. Two buildings are broken into, two buildings are vandalised, two buildings are set on fire, two buildings are destroyed. Two buildings. Assuming that these two buildings would cost equally to replace, when do these two buildings stop being ‘two buildings’? Answer: when one of them has too much significance.
Why do people care more about a minor break in at one building than the destruction of dozens of others? Answer: cause it is their house of worship.
Suppose some meteor were to come down and take out the capital building. Luckily the space alert people let everyone know, and so all of the people and paperworks and all were evacuated. So all of our super important congress critters are safe, their paperwork and computer files are safe. They even took the gavel with them…
And they move into a local convention centre and hotel. Each congress critter gets a room at the hotel, the important ones get suites. There are dozens of small meeting rooms reserved for their committee meetings and the like, and bigger ones for full meetings of the senate and the house. There is an in-house restaurant, several of them, and they offer ‘room service’ to the various meeting rooms.
Wow! That’s a move up, no? Out of that old, stuffy, cold, drafty building with small offices and into this wonderful new set of buildings… this is great!
But not for some people. For some people it is not the work of congress, but the sanctity of the history of the buildings. The capitol building is (or, was) not the seat of their government, but the home of their god. The meteor did not merely destroy some buildings, it blasphemed their god!
Turn the Dog around
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Matthew 23:24
There is a famous saying ‘the tail wagging the dog’. Christ was a little more specific when he said, ‘these ought ye to have done, and not left the other undone’. It is all very well for us to search our life to see if we are watching too much TV (can one watch too little TV?), or spending a bit too much money on fan jerseys for our favorite team…
It might be a little harder if we were looking at the way our family spends its time, and catching that you are saying, “We can’t go do this ministry activity because my daughter has ballet that night.”
And even harder if we were to realise that we send our children out for several hours ever weekday to be educated by non-believers, indeed often anti-believers, using a curriculum that deliberately excludes and often contradicts God’s teaching.
And, to end where we began, are we willing to clearly say that Buddhism is idolatry? It is not ‘another religion’ to be respected. There are no other religions. There is God to be worshiped, and everything else to be condemned. You are worshipping God, or you are in rebellion against Him. There is no other choice.
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Appendix: Idols and Idolatry in Scripture.
Idolatry
1Sa 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
Act 17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
1Co 10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
Gal 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Col 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Idols
Act 7:41 And G2532 they made a calf G3447 in G1722 those G1565 days, G2250 and G2532 offered G321 sacrifice G2378 unto the G3588 idol, G1497 and G2532 rejoiced G2165 in G1722 the G3588 works G2041 of their own G848 hands. G5495
Act 15:20 But G235 that we write G1989 unto them, G846 that they abstain G567 from G575 pollutions G234 of idols, G1497 and G2532 from fornication, G4202 and G2532 from things strangled, G4156 and G2532 from blood. G129
Rom 2:22 Thou that sayest G3004 a man should not G3361 commit adultery, G3431 dost thou commit adultery? G3431 thou that abhorrest G948 idols, G1497 dost thou commit sacrilege? G2416
1Co 8:4 As concerning G4012 therefore G3767 the G3588 eating G1035 of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, G1494 we know G1492 that G3754 an idol G1497 is nothing G3762 in G1722 the world, G2889 and G2532 that G3754 there is none G3762 other G2087 God G2316 but G1508 one. G1520
1Co 8:7 Howbeit G235 there is not G3756 in G1722 every man G3956 that knowledge: G1108 for G1161 some G5100 with conscience G4893 of the G3588 idol G1497 unto G2193 this hour G737 eat G2068 it as G5613 a thing offered unto an idol; G1494 and G2532 their G848 conscience G4893 being G5607 weak G772 is defiled. G3435
1Co 10:19 What G5101 say G5346 I then? G3767 that G3754 the idol G1497 is G2076 any thing, G5100 or G2228 ( G3754 ) that which is offered in sacrifice to idols G1494 is G2076 any thing? G5100
1Co 12:2 Ye know G1492 that G3754 ye were G2258 Gentiles, G1484 carried away G520 unto G4314 these dumb G880 idols, G1497 even as G5613 ye were led. G71 G302
2Co 6:16 And G1161 what G5101 agreement G4783 hath the temple G3485 of God G2316 with G3326 idols? G1497 for G1063 ye G5210 are G2075 the temple G3485 of the living G2198 God; G2316 as G2531 God G2316 hath said, G2036 I will dwell G1774 in G1722 them, G846 and G2532 walk in G1704 them; and G2532 I will be G2071 their G846 God, G2316 and G2532 they G846 shall be G2071 my G3427 people. G2992
1Th 1:9 For G1063 they G846 themselves shew G518 of G4012 us G2257 what manner G3697 of entering in G1529 we had G2192 unto G4314 you, G5209 and G2532 how G4459 ye turned G1994 to G4314 God G2316 from G575 idols G1497 to serve G1398 the living G2198 and G2532 true G228 God; G2316
1Jn 5:21 Little children, G5040 keep G5442 yourselves G1438 from G575 idols. G1497 Amen. G281
Rev 9:20 And G2532 the G3588 rest G3062 of the G3588 men G444 which G3739 were not G3756 killed G615 by G1722 these G5025 plagues G4127 yet repented not G3777 G3340 of G1537 the G3588 works G2041 of their G848 hands, G5495 that G2443 they should not G3361 worship G4352 devils, G1140 and G2532 idols G1497 of gold, G5552 and G2532 silver, G693 and G2532 brass, G5470 and G2532 stone, G3035 and G2532 of wood: G3585 which G3739 neither G3777 can G1410 see, G991 nor G3777 hear, G191 nor G3777 walk: G4043
Images (Not always idols)
Gen 31:19 And Laban H3837 went H1980 to shear H1494 ( H853 ) his sheep: H6629 and Rachel H7354 had stolen H1589 ( H853 ) the images H8655 that H834 were her father's. H1
Gen 31:34 Now Rachel H7354 had taken H3947 ( H853 ) the images, H8655 and put H7760 them in the camel's H1581 furniture, H3733 and sat H3427 upon H5921 them. And Laban H3837 searched H4959 ( H853 ) all H3605 the tent, H168 but found H4672 them not. H3808
Gen 31:35 And she said H559 to H413 her father, H1 Let it not H408 displease H2734 H5869 my lord H113 that H3588 I cannot H3808 H3201 rise up H6965 before H4480 H6440 thee; for H3588 the custom H1870 of women H802 is upon me. And he searched, H2664 but found H4672 not H3808 ( H853 ) the images. H8655
Jdg 17:5 And the man H376 Micah H4318 had an house H1004 of gods, H430 and made H6213 an ephod, H646 and teraphim, H8655 and consecrated H4390 ( H853 ) H3027 one H259 of his sons, H4480 H1121 who became H1961 his priest. H3548
Jdg 18:14 Then answered H6030 the five H2568 men H376 that went H1980 to spy out H7270 ( H853 ) the country H776 of Laish, H3919 and said H559 unto H413 their brethren, H251 Do ye know H3045 that H3588 there is H3426 in these H428 houses H1004 an ephod, H646 and teraphim, H8655 and a graven image, H6459 and a molten image? H4541 now H6258 therefore consider H3045 what H4100 ye have to do. H6213
Jdg 18:17 And the five H2568 men H376 that went H5927 to spy out H7270 ( H853 ) the land H776 went up, H5927 and came in H935 thither, H8033 and took H3947 ( H853 ) the graven image, H6459 and the ephod, H646 and the teraphim, H8655 and the molten image: H4541 and the priest H3548 stood H5324 in the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 with the six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 that were appointed H2296 with weapons H3627 of war. H4421
Jdg 18:18 And these H428 went H935 into Micah's H4318 house, H1004 and fetched H3947 ( H853 ) the carved image, H6459 the ephod, H646 and the teraphim, H8655 and the molten image. H4541 Then said H559 the priest H3548 unto H413 them, What H4100 do H6213 ye? H859
Jdg 18:20 And the priest's H3548 heart H3820 was glad, H3190 and he took H3947 ( H853 ) the ephod, H646 and the teraphim, H8655 and the graven image, H6459 and went H935 in the midst H7130 of the people. H5971
1Sa 15:23 For H3588 rebellion H4805 is as the sin H2403 of witchcraft, H7081 and stubbornness H6484 is as iniquity H205 and idolatry. H8655 Because H3282 thou hast rejected H3988 ( H853 ) the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068 he hath also rejected H3988 thee from being king. H4480 H4428
1Sa 19:13 And Michal H4324 took H3947 ( H853 ) an image, H8655 and laid H7760 it in H413 the bed, H4296 and put H7760 a pillow H3523 of goats' H5795 hair for his bolster, H4763 and covered H3680 it with a cloth. H899
1Sa 19:16 And when the messengers H4397 were come in, H935 behold, H2009 there was an image H8655 in H413 the bed, H4296 with a pillow H3523 of goats' H5795 hair for his bolster. H4763
2Ki 23:24 Moreover H1571 ( H853 ) the workers with familiar spirits, H178 and the wizards, H3049 and the images, H8655 and the idols, H1544 and all H3605 the abominations H8251 that H834 were spied H7200 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in Jerusalem, H3389 did Josiah H2977 put away, H1197 that H4616 he might perform H6965 ( H853 ) the words H1697 of the law H8451 which were written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 that H834 Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548 found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068
Ezk 21:21 For H3588 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 stood H5975 at H413 the parting H517 of the way, H1870 at the head H7218 of the two H8147 ways, H1870 to use H7080 divination: H7081 he made his arrows bright, H7043 H2671 he consulted H7592 with images, H8655 he looked H7200 in the liver. H3516
Hos 3:4 For H3588 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 shall abide H3427 many H7227 days H3117 without H369 a king, H4428 and without H369 a prince, H8269 and without H369 a sacrifice, H2077 and without H369 an image, H4676 and without H369 an ephod, H646 and without teraphim: H8655
Zec 10:2 For H3588 the idols H8655 have spoken H1696 vanity, H205 and the diviners H7080 have seen H2372 a lie, H8267 and have told H1696 false H7723 dreams; H2472 they comfort H5162 in vain: H1892 therefore H5921 H3651 they went their way H5265 as H3644 a flock, H6629 they were troubled, H6031 because H3588 there was no H369 shepherd. H7462
Graven image
Exo 20:4 Thou shalt not H3808 make H6213 unto thee any graven image, H6459 or any H3605 likeness H8544 of any thing that H834 is in heaven H8064 above, H4480 H4605 or that H834 is in the earth H776 beneath, H4480 H8478 or that H834 is in the water H4325 under H4480 H8478 the earth: H776
Lev 26:1 Ye shall make H6213 you no H3808 idols H457 nor graven image, H6459 neither H3808 rear you up H6965 a standing image, H4676 neither H3808 shall ye set up H5414 any image H4906 of stone H68 in your land, H776 to bow down H7812 unto H5921 it: for H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 your God. H430
Deu 4:16 Lest H6435 ye corrupt H7843 yourselves, and make H6213 you a graven image, H6459 the similitude H8544 of any H3605 figure, H5566 the likeness H8403 of male H2145 or H176 female, H5347
Deu 4:23 Take heed H8104 unto yourselves, lest H6435 ye forget H7911 ( H853 ) the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 your God, H430 which H834 he made H3772 with H5973 you, and make H6213 you a graven image, H6459 or the likeness H8544 of any H3605 thing, which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath forbidden H6680 thee.
Deu 4:25 When H3588 thou shalt beget H3205 children, H1121 and children's H1121 children, H1121 and ye shall have remained long H3462 in the land, H776 and shall corrupt H7843 yourselves, and make H6213 a graven image, H6459 or the likeness H8544 of any H3605 thing, and shall do H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 to provoke him to anger: H3707
Deu 5:8 Thou shalt not H3808 make H6213 thee any graven image, H6459 or any H3605 likeness H8544 of any thing that H834 is in heaven H8064 above, H4480 H4605 or that H834 is in the earth H776 beneath, H4480 H8478 or that H834 is in the waters H4325 beneath H4480 H8478 the earth: H776
Deu 27:15 Cursed H779 be the man H376 that H834 maketh H6213 any graven H6459 or molten image, H4541 an abomination H8441 unto the LORD, H3068 the work H4639 of the hands H3027 of the craftsman, H2796 and putteth H7760 it in a secret H5643 place. And all H3605 the people H5971 shall answer H6030 and say, H559 Amen. H543
Jdg 17:3 And when he had restored H7725 ( H853 ) the eleven hundred H505 H3967 shekels of silver H3701 to his mother, H517 his mother H517 said, H559 I had wholly dedicated H6942 H6942 ( H853 ) the silver H3701 unto the LORD H3068 from my hand H4480 H3027 for my son, H1121 to make H6213 a graven image H6459 and a molten image: H4541 now H6258 therefore I will restore H7725 it unto thee.
Jdg 17:4 Yet he restored H7725 ( H853 ) the money H3701 unto his mother; H517 and his mother H517 took H3947 two hundred H3967 shekels of silver, H3701 and gave H5414 them to the founder, H6884 who made H6213 thereof a graven image H6459 and a molten image: H4541 and they were H1961 in the house H1004 of Micah. H4321
Jdg 18:14 Then answered H6030 the five H2568 men H376 that went H1980 to spy out H7270 ( H853 ) the country H776 of Laish, H3919 and said H559 unto H413 their brethren, H251 Do ye know H3045 that H3588 there is H3426 in these H428 houses H1004 an ephod, H646 and teraphim, H8655 and a graven image, H6459 and a molten image? H4541 now H6258 therefore consider H3045 what H4100 ye have to do. H6213
Jdg 18:17 And the five H2568 men H376 that went H5927 to spy out H7270 ( H853 ) the land H776 went up, H5927 and came in H935 thither, H8033 and took H3947 ( H853 ) the graven image, H6459 and the ephod, H646 and the teraphim, H8655 and the molten image: H4541 and the priest H3548 stood H5324 in the entering H6607 of the gate H8179 with the six H8337 hundred H3967 men H376 that were appointed H2296 with weapons H3627 of war. H4421
Jdg 18:18 And these H428 went H935 into Micah's H4318 house, H1004 and fetched H3947 ( H853 ) the carved image, H6459 the ephod, H646 and the teraphim, H8655 and the molten image. H4541 Then said H559 the priest H3548 unto H413 them, What H4100 do H6213 ye? H859
Jdg 18:20 And the priest's H3548 heart H3820 was glad, H3190 and he took H3947 ( H853 ) the ephod, H646 and the teraphim, H8655 and the graven image, H6459 and went H935 in the midst H7130 of the people. H5971
Jdg 18:30 And the children H1121 of Dan H1835 set up H6965 ( H853 ) the graven image: H6459 and Jonathan, H3083 the son H1121 of Gershom, H1648 the son H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 he H1931 and his sons H1121 were H1961 priests H3548 to the tribe H7626 of Dan H1839 until H5704 the day H3117 of the captivity H1540 of the land. H776
Jdg 18:31 And they set them up H7760 ( H853 ) Micah's H4318 graven image, H6459 which H834 he made, H6213 all H3605 the time H3117 that the house H1004 of God H430 was H1961 in Shiloh. H7887
2Ki 21:7 And he set H7760 ( H853 ) a graven image H6459 of the grove H842 that H834 he had made H6213 in the house, H1004 of which H834 the LORD H3068 said H559 to H413 David, H1732 and to H413 Solomon H8010 his son, H1121 In this H2088 house, H1004 and in Jerusalem, H3389 which H834 I have chosen H977 out of all H4480 H3605 tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 will I put H7760 ( H853 ) my name H8034 for ever: H5769
2Ch 33:7 And he set H7760 ( H853 ) a carved image, H6459 the idol H5566 which H834 he had made, H6213 in the house H1004 of God, H430 of which H834 God H430 had said H559 to H413 David H1732 and to H413 Solomon H8010 his son, H1121 In this H2088 house, H1004 and in Jerusalem, H3389 which H834 I have chosen H977 before all H4480 H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel, H3478 will I put H7760 ( H853 ) my name H8034 for ever: H5865
Psa 97:7 Confounded H954 be all H3605 they that serve H5647 graven images, H6459 that boast themselves H1984 of idols: H457 worship H7812 him, all H3605 ye gods. H430
Isa 40:19 The workman H2796 melteth H5258 a graven image, H6459 and the goldsmith H6884 spreadeth it over H7554 with gold, H2091 and casteth H6884 silver H3701 chains. H7577
Isa 40:20 He that is so impoverished H5533 that he hath no oblation H8641 chooseth H977 a tree H6086 that will not H3808 rot; H7537 he seeketh H1245 unto him a cunning H2450 workman H2796 to prepare H3559 a graven image, H6459 that shall not H3808 be moved. H4131
Isa 42:17 They shall be turned H5472 back, H268 they shall be greatly ashamed, H954 H1322 that trust H982 in graven images, H6459 that say H559 to the molten images, H4541 Ye H859 are our gods. H430
Isa 44:9 They that make H3335 a graven image H6459 are all H3605 of them vanity; H8414 and their delectable things H2530 shall not H1077 profit; H3276 and they H1992 are their own witnesses; H5707 they see H7200 not, H1077 nor H1077 know; H3045 that H4616 they may be ashamed. H954
Isa 44:10 Who H4310 hath formed H3335 a god, H410 or molten H5258 a graven image H6459 that is profitable H3276 for nothing? H1115
Isa 44:15 Then shall it be H1961 for a man H120 to burn: H1197 for he will take H3947 thereof, H4480 and warm H2552 himself; yea, H637 he kindleth H5400 it, and baketh H644 bread; H3899 yea, H637 he maketh H6466 a god, H410 and worshippeth H7812 it; he maketh H6213 it a graven image, H6459 and falleth down H5456 thereto.
Isa 44:17 And the residue H7611 thereof he maketh H6213 a god, H410 even his graven image: H6459 he falleth down H5456 unto it, and worshippeth H7812 it, and prayeth H6419 unto H413 it, and saith, H559 Deliver H5337 me; for H3588 thou H859 art my god. H410
Isa 45:20 Assemble yourselves H6908 and come; H935 draw near H5066 together, H3162 ye that are escaped H6412 of the nations: H1471 they have no knowledge H3045 H3808 that set up H5375 ( H853 ) the wood H6086 of their graven image, H6459 and pray H6419 unto H413 a god H410 that cannot H3808 save. H3467
Isa 48:5 I have even from the beginning H4480 H227 declared H5046 it to thee; before H2962 it came to pass H935 I shewed H8085 it thee: lest H6435 thou shouldest say, H559 Mine idol H6090 hath done H6213 them, and my graven image, H6459 and my molten image, H5262 hath commanded H6680 them.
Jer 10:14 Every H3605 man H120 is brutish H1197 in his knowledge: H4480 H1847 every H3605 founder H6884 is confounded H3001 by the graven image: H4480 H6459 for H3588 his molten image H5262 is falsehood, H8267 and there is no H3808 breath H7307 in them.
Jer 51:17 Every H3605 man H120 is brutish H1197 by his knowledge; H4480 H1847 every H3605 founder H6884 is confounded H3001 by the graven image: H4480 H6459 for H3588 his molten image H5262 is falsehood, H8267 and there is no H3808 breath H7307 in them.
Nam 1:14 And the LORD H3068 hath given a commandment H6680 concerning H5921 thee, that no H3808 more H5750 of thy name H4480 H8034 be sown: H2232 out of the house H4480 H1004 of thy gods H430 will I cut off H3772 the graven image H6459 and the molten image: H4541 I will make H7760 thy grave; H6913 for H3588 thou art vile. H7043
Hab 2:18 What H4100 profiteth H3276 the graven image H6459 that H3588 the maker H3335 thereof hath graven H6458 it; the molten image, H4541 and a teacher H3384 of lies, H8267 that H3588 the maker H3335 of his work H3336 trusteth H982 therein, H5921 to make H6213 dumb H483 idols? H457
Mat 22:20 And G2532 he saith G3004 unto them, G846 Whose G5101 is this G3778 image G1504 and G2532 superscription? G1923
Mrk 12:16 And G1161 they G3588 brought G5342 it. And G2532 he saith G3004 unto them, G846 Whose G5101 is this G3778 image G1504 and G2532 superscription? G1923 And G1161 they G3588 said G2036 unto him, G846 Caesar's. G2541
Luk 20:24 Shew G1925 me G3427 a penny. G1220 Whose G5101 image G1504 and G2532 superscription G1923 hath G2192 it? They( G1161 ) answered G611 and said, G2036 Caesar's. G2541
Rom 1:23 And G2532 changed G236 the G3588 glory G1391 of the G3588 uncorruptible G862 God G2316 into G1722 an image G1504 made like to G3667 corruptible G5349 man, G444 and G2532 to birds, G4071 and G2532 fourfooted beasts, G5074 and G2532 creeping things. G2062
Rom 8:29 For G3754 whom G3739 he did foreknow, G4267 he also G2532 did predestinate G4309 to be conformed to G4832 the G3588 image G1504 of his G848 Son, G5207 that he G846 might be G1511 the firstborn G4416 among G1722 many G4183 brethren. G80
1Co 11:7 For G1063 a man G435 indeed G3303 ought G3784 not G3756 to cover G2619 his head, G2776 forasmuch as he is G5225 the image G1504 and G2532 glory G1391 of God: G2316 but G1161 the woman G1135 is G2076 the glory G1391 of the man. G435
1Co 15:49 And G2532 as G2531 we have borne G5409 the G3588 image G1504 of the G3588 earthy, G5517 we shall also G2532 bear G5409 the G3588 image G1504 of the G3588 heavenly. G2032
2Co 3:18 But G1161 we G2249 all, G3956 with open G343 face G4383 beholding as in a glass G2734 the G3588 glory G1391 of the Lord, G2962 are changed G3339 into the G3588 same G846 image G1504 from G575 glory G1391 to G1519 glory, G1391 even as G2509 by G575 the Spirit G4151 of the Lord. G2962
2Co 4:4 In G1722 whom G3739 the G3588 god G2316 of this G5127 world G165 hath blinded G5186 the G3588 minds G3540 of them which believe not, G571 lest G3361 the G3588 light G5462 of the G3588 glorious G1391 gospel G2098 of Christ, G5547 who G3739 is G2076 the image G1504 of God, G2316 should shine G826 unto them. G846
Col 1:15 Who G3739 is G2076 the image G1504 of the G3588 invisible G517 God, G2316 the firstborn G4416 of every G3956 creature: G2937
Col 3:10 And G2532 have put on G1746 the G3588 new G3501 man, which is renewed G341 in G1519 knowledge G1922 after G2596 the image G1504 of him that created G2936 him: G846
Heb 10:1 For G1063 the G3588 law G3551 having G2192 a shadow G4639 of good things G18 to come, G3195 and not G3756 the G3588 very G846 image G1504 of the G3588 things, G4229 can G1410 never G3763 with those G846 sacrifices G2378 which G3739 they offered G4374 year by year G2596 G1763 continually G1519 G1336 make the comers thereunto perfect. G5048 G3588 G4334
Rev 13:14 And G2532 deceiveth G4105 them that dwell G2730 on G1909 the G3588 earth G1093 by G1223 the means of those miracles G4592 which G3739 he had power G1325 G846 to do G4160 in the sight G1799 of the G3588 beast; G2342 saying G3004 to them that dwell G2730 on G1909 the G3588 earth, G1093 that they should make G4160 an image G1504 to the G3588 beast, G2342 which G3739 had G2192 the G3588 wound G4127 by a sword, G3162 and G2532 did live. G2198
Rev 13:15 And G2532 he had power G1325 G846 to give G1325 life G4151 unto the G3588 image G1504 of the G3588 beast, G2342 that G2443 the G3588 image G1504 of the G3588 beast G2342 should both G2532 speak, G2980 and G2532 cause G4160 that as many as G3745 G302 would not G3361 worship G4352 the G3588 image G1504 of the G3588 beast G2342 should( G2443 ) be killed. G615
Rev 14:9 And G2532 the third G5154 angel G32 followed G190 them, G846 saying G3004 with G1722 a loud G3173 voice, G5456 If any man G1536 worship G4352 the G3588 beast G2342 and G2532 his G848 image, G1504 and G2532 receive G2983 his mark G5480 in G1909 his G848 forehead, G3359 or G2228 in G1909 his G848 hand, G5495
Rev 14:11 And G2532 the G3588 smoke G2586 of their G848 torment G929 ascendeth up G305 for ever and ever: G1519 G165 G165 and G2532 they have G2192 no G3756 rest G372 day G2250 nor G2532 night, G3571 who worship G4352 the G3588 beast G2342 and G2532 his G848 image, G1504 and G2532 whosoever G1536 receiveth G2983 the G3588 mark G5480 of his G848 name. G3686
Rev 15:2 And G2532 I saw G1492 as it were G5613 a sea G2281 of glass G5193 mingled G3396 with fire: G4442 and G2532 them that had gotten the victory G3528 over G1537 the G3588 beast, G2342 and G2532 over G1537 his G848 image, G1504 and G2532 over G1537 his G848 mark, G5480 and over G1537 the G3588 number G706 of his G848 name, G3686 stand G2476 on G1909 the G3588 sea G2281 of glass, G5193 having G2192 the harps G2788 of God. G2316
Rev 16:2 And G2532 the G3588 first G4413 went, G565 and G2532 poured out G1632 his G848 vial G5357 upon G1909 the G3588 earth; G1093 and G2532 there fell G1096 a noisome G2556 and G2532 grievous G4190 sore G1668 upon G1519 the G3588 men G444 which had G2192 the G3588 mark G5480 of the G3588 beast, G2342 and G2532 upon them which worshipped G4352 his G848 image. G1504
Rev 19:20 And G2532 the G3588 beast G2342 was taken, G4084 and G2532 with G3326 him G5127 the G3588 false prophet G5578 that wrought G4160 miracles G4592 before G1799 him, G846 with G1722 which G3739 he deceived G4105 them that had received G2983 the G3588 mark G5480 of the G3588 beast, G2342 and G2532 them that worshipped G4352 his G848 image. G1504 These both G1417 were cast G906 alive G2198 into G1519 a lake G3041 of fire G4442 burning G2545 with G1722 brimstone. G2303
Rev 20:4 And G2532 I saw G1492 thrones, G2362 and G2532 they sat G2523 upon G1909 them, G846 and G2532 judgment G2917 was given G1325 unto them: G846 and G2532 I saw the G3588 souls G5590 of them that were beheaded G3990 for G1223 the G3588 witness G3141 of Jesus, G2424 and G2532 for G1223 the G3588 word G3056 of God, G2316 and G2532 which G3748 had not G3756 worshipped G4352 the G3588 beast, G2342 neither G3777 his G846 image, G1504 neither G2532 G3756 had received G2983 his mark G5480 upon G1909 their G848 foreheads, G3359 or G2532 in G1909 their G848 hands; G5495 and G2532 they lived G2198 and G2532 reigned G936 with G3326 Christ G5547 a thousand G5507 years. G2094