Definition

image-worship (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G1497 (εἴδωλον) and G2999 (λατρεία);

Word family

• εἴδωλον eídōlon
• λατρεία latreía

How the KJV renders it

• idolatry

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.