1. idolater, one who worships idols — A person who practices idolatry -- worshipping images or false gods -- used in NT ethical lists and warnings (1 Cor 5:10, 5:11, 6:9, 10:7; Eph 5:5; Rev 21:8, 22:15). The two clusters differ only in grammatical number: plural (S66337: spa 'idolatras', arb 'abadatu al-awthan' عَبَدَةُ الأَوْثانِ, kor 'usangsungbaejadeul' 우상숭배자들, swa 'waabudu-sanamu') versus singular (S66339: spa 'idolatra', hin 'murtipujak' मूर्तिपूजक, arb 'abidi awthanin' عابِدِ أَوْثانٍ, kor 'usangsungbaeja' 우상숭배자, swa 'mwabudu-sanamu'). Swahili even shows the standard singular/plural prefix alternation wa-/m-, confirming one lexical sense. 7×
AR["عابِدو-الأَوْثانِ","عابِدي-الأَوْثانِ","عابِدُ-أَصنامٍ","عابِدِ-أَوْثانٍ","عَبَدَةَ-أوثانٍ","عَبَدَةُ الأَوْثانِ"]·ben["প্রতিমা-পূজক","প্রতিমা-পূজকদের","প্রতিমা-পূজকদের -","প্রতিমা-পূজকেরা","মূর্তিপূজক","মূর্তিপূজকেরা,"]·DE["Goetzendiener"]·EN["idolater","idolaters"]·FR["idolâtre"]·heb["עוֹבְדֵי-אֱלִילִים","עוֹבֵד-אֱלִילִים"]·HI["जो-करता-है","मुरतिपुजक","मूर्ति-पूजक","मूर्तिपूजक","मूर्तिपूजकों"]·ID["penyembah-berhala","penyembah-berhala,","penyembah-penyembah-berhala"]·IT["eidōlolatrai","eidōlolatrais","eidōlolatrēs","idolatra"]·jav["nyembah-brahala,","panyembah-brahala","panyembah-brahala,","panyembah-brahala-","tiyang-nyembah-brahala"]·KO["우상숭배자","우상숭배자-이니","우상숭배자들","우상숭배자들과","우상숭배자들이"]·PT["idólatra","idólatra,","idólatras"]·RU["идолопоклонникам","идолопоклонники","идолослужители,","идолослужитель","идолослужитель,","идолослужителями","идолослужителями;"]·ES["idólatra","idólatras","idólatras,"]·SW["msiwe-waabudu-sanamu,","mwabudu-sanamu","waabudu-sanamu","waabudu-sanamu,","waabudu-sanamu--"]·TR["putperest","putperestler","putperestlerin","putperestlerle","ya da-"]·urd["بت-پرست","بت-پرستوں"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
εἰδωλο-λάτρης, ου, ὁ, ἡ, idol-worshipper, idolater, [prev. work] 5.10, etc.