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# idol

«idol» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a person who is greatly admired and loved by many people…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an idol, idols)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An idol is a person who is greatly admired and loved by many people, such as a pop star or sports star. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#m1)

2) (religion, Bible) An idol is a statue or picture that is worshipped as a god; the Bible forbids worshipping idols. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#m2)

3) Anything treated as more important than it should be: «Money became his idol». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An idol is an image worshipped as a god, which the Torah forbids. It is a main sin that the Israelites are warned against. Interpretation: Judaism treats idol worship as one of the gravest sins. Tradition teaches that God is one and cannot be shown in any image. In the primary lessons: In everyday life children have idols such as footballers and singers; TV shows pick «pop idols». In religious education, the Ten Commandments say not to make or worship idols, and the golden calf story shows the Israelites worshipping one. Phrases: «a pop idol», «my childhood idol», «worship idols», «a golden idol».

### examples

- Turn ye not unto the idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. (Torah LEV.19.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x1)
- 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) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x2)
- 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. (Torah LEV.26.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x3)
- And the idols shall utterly pass away. (Prophets ISA.2.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x4)
- Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone. (Prophets HOS.4.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x5)
- And they served their idols, which became a snare unto them; (Writings PSA.106.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x6)
- My idol is a famous footballer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x7)
- The singer was the idol of millions of fans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x8)
- The Israelites made a golden calf as an idol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x9)
- The Ten Commandments forbid worshipping idols. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x10)
- The explorer found a stone idol in the jungle temple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x11)
- Don't make money your idol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x12)
- She met her idol and got an autograph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x13)
- The long, colored tapestry, on which she and her maidens had worked pictures of their idols, Odin, Thor, and Friga, was hung up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/#x14)

### note

Countable; «an idol». Homophone: «idle» (lazy, not working) sounds the same. Related: idolise (to admire greatly), idolatry (worship of idols).

### In the corpora

- [Turn ye not unto the idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.545/)
- [and ye have seen their detestable things, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were with them —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.822/)
- [And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.567/)
- [and they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them: 'Ye shall not do this thing';](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.519/)
- [And the idols shall utterly pass away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.50/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «idol» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idol/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.