Gematria of Idol
12 Hebrew words of the lexicon are rendered “idol” in our Hebrew lexicon, and they stand 455 times between them in the twenty-four books. Hebrew and English do not answer one another word for word, so every candidate is here and none of them is called the translation.
- Hebrew equivalents
- 12
- Occurrences
- 455
- Distinct values
- 10
The 12 Hebrew words rendered “idol”
The count beside each word is every form of it the twenty-four books use — inflected, and with its prefixes — as the morphology tags them. The link under each row opens the search on the dictionary spelling alone, which is a different question and usually a smaller number, and it says so.
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
First appearance ·Genesis 14:18בראשית יד:יחלְאֵל
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
First appearance ·Numbers 23:21במדבר כג:כאאָוֶן
properly, a log (as round); by implication, an idol
First appearance ·Leviticus 26:30ויקרא כו:לגִּלּוּלֵיכֶם
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
First appearance ·Leviticus 19:4ויקרא יט:דהָאֱלִילִים
fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)
First appearance ·Genesis 15:12בראשית טו:יבאֵימָה
an (idolatrous) image
First appearance ·1 Samuel 31:9שמואל א לא:טעֲצַבֵּיהֶם
a sun-pillar
First appearance ·Leviticus 26:30ויקרא כו:לחַמָּנֵיכֶם
an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind)
First appearance ·Genesis 3:16בראשית ג:טזבְּעֶצֶב
a terror, i.e. an idol
First appearance ·1 Kings 15:13מלכים א טו:יגמִפְלֶצֶת
an idol (as fashioned); also pain (bodily or mental)
First appearance ·Isaiah 14:3ישעיהו יד:גמֵֽעָצְבְּךָ
a form (of beauty; as if pressed out, i.e. carved); hence, an (idolatrous) image
First appearance ·Isaiah 45:16ישעיהו מה:טזצִירִֽים
The values on this page
Quick answers
What is the gematria of idol?
The Tanakh renders “idol” with 12 Hebrew words, each with its own gematria in the standard method: אל = 31, און = 57, גלול = 69, and 9 more.
How do you say idol in Hebrew?
The Tanakh uses 12 Hebrew words for “idol”; the most frequent are אל (ʼêl), 245 times; און (ʼâven), 79 times; גלול (gillûwl), 48 times. Every one is listed on this page.
The Hebrew words on this page and their English senses come from our Hebrew lexicon, credited on the About page. Every value, every count and every reference is computed from the Westminster Leningrad Codex at the moment this page is served — the consonantal written text, vowel points and cantillation stripped, exactly as the search engine computes it.