--- title: I — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2 description: The 831 words of the English dictionary under I, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / I # I — The English dictionary · page 2 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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important than physical things.[↗](../../idealism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **idealized** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Made to seem perfect or better than it really is.[↗](../../idealized/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **ideally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Ideally means in the best possible way or the way you would most like, if everything were perfect: «Ideally, I'd like a puppy».[↗](../../ideally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Ideally means perfectly or exactly right for something: «The house is ideally placed near the school».[↗](../../ideally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Ideally, we should go to bed by nine.[↗](../../ideally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ideally, you'd water the plants every day.[↗](../../ideally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cottage is ideally placed near the beach.[↗](../../ideally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She is ideally suited to be team captain.[↗](../../ideally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ideally, a recipe should be easy to follow.[↗](../../ideally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Ideally the experiment would be repeated three times.[↗](../../ideally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We'd ideally like sunny weather for sports day.[↗](../../ideally/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Ideally, wash your hands for twenty seconds.[↗](../../ideally/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **identical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Identical means exactly the same in every way.[↗](../../identical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Identical twins are two babies born together who look almost exactly alike.[↗](../../identical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 5 identical boxes weigh 20 kg.[↗](../../identical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She buys 3 identical pens for 6 dollars.[↗](../../identical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The square is cut into 4 identical parts.[↗](../../identical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How much does one of the identical bags weigh?[↗](../../identical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The twins are identical, so it is hard to tell them apart.[↗](../../identical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · No two snowflakes are identical.[↗](../../identical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her answer was identical to mine.[↗](../../identical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The two triangles are identical in shape and size.[↗](../../identical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · This is almost identical with Uncle Remus's story of how the rabbit robbed the fox of his game.[↗](../../identical/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It is identical in form with the letter , ("\> ol the Arabic alpha- bet.[↗](../../identical/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../identical/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · nary in which a large number of the characters are identical with the Libyan and Tilinagh.[↗](../../identical/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../identical/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Klyce (f/ni- verse 1921 para. 43 f) advances the view that zero and infinity are logically identical.[↗](../../identical/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../identical/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **identically** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In exactly the same way; with no differences.[↗](../../identically/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The twins were dressed identically.[↗](../../identically/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do both tests identically so it is fair.[↗](../../identically/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The two triangles are identically shaped.[↗](../../identically/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · All the cupcakes were decorated identically.[↗](../../identically/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The robots moved identically.[↗](../../identically/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The two copies were printed identically.[↗](../../identically/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **identifiable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Able to be recognised or named: you can tell who or what it is.[↗](../../identifiable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Able to be picked out as separate and definite: an identifiable pattern, an identifiable cause.[↗](../../identifiable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put your name in your coat so it is easily identifiable.[↗](../../identifiable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird was identifiable by its bright red chest.[↗](../../identifiable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't post anything that makes you identifiable, like your school uniform.[↗](../../identifiable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the photo, the faces were not identifiable.[↗](../../identifiable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was no identifiable reason why the plant died.[↗](../../identifiable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fingerprints make a person identifiable.[↗](../../identifiable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The rock was identifiable as granite from its speckled crystals.[↗](../../identifiable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **identification** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something that proves who you are, such as a card or passport; short form ID.[↗](../../identification/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act of finding out or naming what something or someone is, as in «identification of a bird».[↗](../../identification/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A feeling of being like someone and understanding them.[↗](../../identification/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please bring a form of identification.[↗](../../identification/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We used an identification key to name the minibeasts.[↗](../../identification/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police asked for his identification.[↗](../../identification/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bird identification is easier with binoculars.[↗](../../identification/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dogs have a microchip for identification.[↗](../../identification/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My passport is my photo identification.[↗](../../identification/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And these are the Twelve Leaders in the Person: two hands, two legs, two kidneys, spleen, liver, gall, rumen, abomasum, craw.[↗](../../identification/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 2: Identification of the latter four terms is very strange.[↗](../../identification/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../identification/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The key to the complete identification of the philosophy of Pythagoras with that of the Sefer Yetzira as interpreted in this thesis is the Zero.[↗](../../identification/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../identification/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **identified** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (past of «identify») Recognised or found out who or what someone or something is: «We identified the bird from its song».[↗](../../identified/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Showed or named what something is: «She identified the problem».[↗](../../identified/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (identified with) Felt that you understand and share someone's feelings.[↗](../../identified/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* When one thing is identified with another, people say they are the same, or treat them as the same.[↗](../../identified/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We identified the bird as a robin.[↗](../../identified/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientists identified a new type of frog.[↗](../../identified/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She quickly identified the mistake in her sum.[↗](../../identified/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The police identified the car from its number plate.[↗](../../identified/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I identified with the shy boy in the story.[↗](../../identified/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We identified all the right angles in the shape.[↗](../../identified/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fossil was identified as a dinosaur tooth.[↗](../../identified/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This divinity is sometimes identified with Tyche, sometimes with Ananke.[↗](../../identified/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · If Pythagoras was a Hebrew he should rather be identified with the high-priest Joshua son of Jehozadak.[↗](../../identified/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../identified/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **identifier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A name, number, label or sign that shows exactly who or what something is.[↗](../../identifier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (computing) A name given to something in a program, such as a variable or function name, so the computer can tell them apart.[↗](../../identifier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each library book has a barcode as its identifier.[↗](../../identifier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In Scratch we used «score» as the identifier for our variable.[↗](../../identifier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Your username is an identifier, but your password must stay secret.[↗](../../identifier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A unique identifier means no two things share it.[↗](../../identifier/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The spots on its back are a good identifier for this ladybird.[↗](../../identifier/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The program gave an error because the identifier had a space in it.[↗](../../identifier/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **identify** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To recognise and say who or what someone or something is.[↗](../../identify/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To find or pick out something, such as a pattern, a mistake or a problem.[↗](../../identify/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* identify with: to feel that you understand someone or share their feelings.[↗](../../identify/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can you identify this shape?[↗](../../identify/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") It has six sides.[↗](../../identify/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Identify the noun in each sentence.[↗](../../identify/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police asked the boy to identify the thief.[↗](../../identify/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Identify the next number in the pattern 2, 4, 6, 8.[↗](../../identify/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists identified a new kind of frog.[↗](../../identify/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I identify with the girl in the story because I am shy too.[↗](../../identify/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to identify the mistake in this sum.[↗](../../identify/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He was identified by his red cap.[↗](../../identify/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Afanasief (viii. p. 527) identifies the Sun's Sister with the Dawn.[↗](../../identify/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Samekh-Tzadi-Resh-Shin, between the teeth and tongue, lain down and flattened.[↗](../../identify/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 1: These last two words, שכובה ושטותה, are difficult to identify.[↗](../../identify/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../identify/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The supplemental paragraphs have been printed in modern form by Kalisch ; they identify the several letters of the Heptad more definitely with the planets, days of the week, human attributes and organs of the senses.[↗](../../identify/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../identify/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **identity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Who someone is.[↗](../../identity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The police found out the thief's identity.[↗](../../identity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The things that make a person or group who they are, like their name, culture and beliefs: our school's identity.[↗](../../identity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Being exactly the same: an identity of interests.[↗](../../identity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (maths) An equation that is true for every number, like a + b = b + a.[↗](../../identity/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The superhero kept his identity secret.[↗](../../identity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You need proof of identity to open a bank account.[↗](../../identity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never share your passwords — someone could steal your identity.[↗](../../identity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Music is part of our town's identity.[↗](../../identity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a case of mistaken identity.[↗](../../identity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, 2 × (a + b) = 2a + 2b is an identity because it is always true.[↗](../../identity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then send him to my palace at Athens bearing these tokens of his identity."[↗](../../identity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **ideographic** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Describing writing in which a picture or sign stands for a whole idea rather than a sound.[↗](../../ideographic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The purpose of the author was to e ..pliiisizc the superiority of alphabetic writing over the non-alphabetic writing (ideographic and syllabic) used by all the nations of antiquity, and even now by a great portion of mankind.[↗](../../ideographic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ideographic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **idiom** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An idiom is a group of words with a meaning you cannot guess from the separate words, like «it's raining cats and dogs» (it is raining very hard).[↗](../../idiom/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An idiom can also be the special way a group of people speak or write.[↗](../../idiom/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «It's a piece of cake» is an idiom meaning it's easy.[↗](../../idiom/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My Polish friend was puzzled by the idiom «raining cats and dogs».[↗](../../idiom/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you draw the literal meaning of the idiom «spill the beans»?[↗](../../idiom/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Under the weather» is an idiom for feeling ill.[↗](../../idiom/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Idioms are hard to translate into other languages.[↗](../../idiom/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Let the cat out of the bag» is an idiom about telling a secret.[↗](../../idiom/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Another association between language, mouth, and genitals, though the connection (if any) with the SY is unclear, is found in the idiom עָרְלַת שְׂפָתַיִם ʽorlat sefatayim ‘uncircumcised of lips’, probably meaning one who is unskilled in speech, e.g. \[Exodus 6:12\].[↗](../../idiom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../idiom/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **idiot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (rude) An idiot is a person who does something very stupid; it is an insult.[↗](../../idiot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, joking) People call themselves or a friend an idiot when they make a silly mistake.[↗](../../idiot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old, now offensive) It was once a medical word for a person with a learning disability; it is not used that way now.[↗](../../idiot/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm such an idiot — I left my lunch at home\![↗](../../idiot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't call your brother an idiot; it's unkind.[↗](../../idiot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He felt like an idiot when he fell in the puddle.[↗](../../idiot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Only an idiot would cycle without lights at night.[↗](../../idiot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (rude)[↗](../../idiot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She made an idiot of herself at the party.[↗](../../idiot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «You idiot!» shouted the driver.[↗](../../idiot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (rude)[↗](../../idiot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I was an idiot to forget the key, laughed Dad.[↗](../../idiot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Ahem!’[↗](../../idiot/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") There he stood like an idiot.[↗](../../idiot/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **idiotic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very stupid or silly; making no sense.[↗](../../idiotic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* That was an idiotic thing to do\![↗](../../idiotic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jumping off the shed was an idiotic idea.[↗](../../idiotic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rat thought Toad's plan to drive again was idiotic.[↗](../../idiotic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop asking idiotic questions and listen.[↗](../../idiotic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mad Hatter gave idiotic answers to every question.[↗](../../idiotic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's idiotic to leave the gate open with the dog in the garden.[↗](../../idiotic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **idle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not working or not being used, as in «the machines stood idle».[↗](../../idle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Lazy, not wanting to work.[↗](../../idle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Without a real reason or purpose, as in «idle chatter» or «an idle threat».[↗](../../idle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) Of an engine: to run slowly while the car is not moving.[↗](../../idle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb) To spend time doing nothing.[↗](../../idle/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please don't let the engine idle outside the school.[↗](../../idle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tractor sat idle in the shed.[↗](../../idle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be idle — help me tidy up.[↗](../../idle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It was just idle chatter.[↗](../../idle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We idled away the afternoon in the garden.[↗](../../idle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His threat was an idle one.[↗](../../idle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The computer goes to sleep when it is idle.[↗](../../idle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · As long as our father lived Alnaschar was very idle.[↗](../../idle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · But he said: 'Ye are idle, ye are idle; therefore ye say: Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.[↗](../../idle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish aught thereof; for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying: Let us go and sacrifice to our God.[↗](../../idle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.5.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.[↗](../../idle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.19.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **idleness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Idleness is being lazy and not working or doing anything useful.[↗](../../idleness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Idleness is also simply not being in use or not busy: a machine's idleness.[↗](../../idleness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The grasshopper spent the summer in idleness while the ants worked.[↗](../../idleness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His idleness meant his homework never got done.[↗](../../idleness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After weeks of idleness, the factory machines were rusty.[↗](../../idleness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A little idleness on a holiday can be nice.[↗](../../idleness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Idle hands make mischief,» Grandma says.[↗](../../idleness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Idleness made the long afternoon feel boring.[↗](../../idleness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Idleness is a great sin, and I certainly don’t like any of my friends to be idle or sluggish.[↗](../../idleness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · By slothfulness the rafters sink in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.[↗](../../idleness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.10.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idleness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.[↗](../../idleness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.31.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idleness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **idler** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who does not like to work and wastes time.[↗](../../idler/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (as comparative) More lazy: «the idler he became».[↗](../../idler/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The idler lay in the sun all day.[↗](../../idler/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class idler never finished his sums.[↗](../../idler/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The older he grew, the idler he became.[↗](../../idler/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **idly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a lazy way, doing nothing useful.[↗](../../idly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a dreamy, careless way, without real purpose, as when thoughts drift.[↗](../../idly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boy sat idly on the wall.[↗](../../idly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Why are you lying there idly?» she asked.[↗](../../idly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She idly picked at the grass while she thought.[↗](../../idly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand idly by the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.[↗](../../idly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **idol** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An idol is a person who is greatly admired and loved by many people, such as a pop star or sports star.[↗](../../idol/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (religion, Bible) An idol is a statue or picture that is worshipped as a god; the Bible forbids worshipping idols.[↗](../../idol/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Anything treated as more important than it should be: «Money became his idol».[↗](../../idol/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My idol is a famous footballer.[↗](../../idol/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer was the idol of millions of fans.[↗](../../idol/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Israelites made a golden calf as an idol.[↗](../../idol/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ten Commandments forbid worshipping idols.[↗](../../idol/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The explorer found a stone idol in the jungle temple.[↗](../../idol/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't make money your idol.[↗](../../idol/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She met her idol and got an autograph.[↗](../../idol/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The long, colored tapestry, on which she and her maidens had worked pictures of their idols, Odin, Thor, and Friga, was hung up.[↗](../../idol/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn ye not unto the idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.[↗](../../idol/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idol/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and ye have seen their detestable things, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them — (Torah DEU.29.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idol/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.[↗](../../idol/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idol/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the idols shall utterly pass away.[↗](../../idol/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.2.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idol/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.[↗](../../idol/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.4.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idol/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them; (Writings PSA.106.36, JPS 1917)[↗](../../idol/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/3/) … [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/39/) - ← previous: [page 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) - next →: [page 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/page/3/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)