2. worthlessness, vanity — The abstract quality of being worthless, vain, or nothing; used as a noun or substantivized adjective to denote emptiness and futility. 3×
AR["الْبَاطِلِ","بَاطِلٍ","وَ-بَاطِلَا"]·ben["অকর্মণ্য","অসারের","ও-অসার"]·DE["Goetze","[אלל]","[האליל]"]·EN["and-worthlessness","the-worthless","worthlessness"]·FR["[האליל]","idole","אלל"]·heb["אליל","ה-אליל","ו-אליל"]·HI["और-व्यर्थ","मूर्ख-के","व्यर्थ"]·ID["(dan-kesia-siaan)","tidak-berguna","yang-tidak-berguna"]·IT["[האליל]","idolo","worthlessness"]·jav["brahala","lan-barang-tanpa-guna","tanpa-gina"]·KO["(헛된)","쓸모-없는","쓸모-없는-것-의"]·PT["e-nulidade]","nada","o-ídolo"]·RU["-ничтожному","и-пустота","никчёмные"]·ES["(y-vanidad)","el-ídolo","nada"]·SW["asiyefaa","na-ubatili","ubatili"]·TR["(ve-boşluk)","değersiz"]·urd["باطل","بے-کار","بے-کار-کے"]
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1. idol, false god — A concrete idol or false deity, an object of pagan worship; used in both singular and plural forms with various prepositions and conjunctions. 17×
AR["أَصناماً","أَصنَامًا","أَصْنَامًا","أَصْنَامٌ","أَصْنَامَ","أَوثَانَ","أَوْثَانٌ","أَوْثَانُ","ال-أَوْثَانِ","الأَوْثَانِ","الْأَصْنَامَ","الْأَصْنَامِ","بِ-الأَصْنَامِ","وَ-أَصْنَامَ","وَ-الأَصنَامُ","وَ-بِـ-أَوْثَانِهَا"]·ben["-মূর্তিগুলির","-মূর্তিদের","ও-তার-মূর্তিদের-প্রতি","ও-মূর্তিগুলো","ও-মূর্তিরা","প্রতিমাগুলি","মূর্তি","মূর্তিগুলি","মূর্তিগুলি,","মূর্তিগুলিতে","মূর্তিগুলো","মূর্তিতে","মূর্তিদের"]·DE["Goetze","Goetzen","Goetzen-von","[אלילים]","der-Goetzen","in-worthless-idols","sind-worthless-idols","und-Goetze","und-Goetzen-von"]·EN["and-his-idols","and-the-idols","and-to-her-idols","are-worthless-idols","his-gold","his-idols","his-silver","idols","idols-of","in-worthless-idols","the-idol","the-idols","worthless-gods"]·FR["[אלילים]","dans-idole","et-idole","et-idoles-de","idole","idoles","idoles-de","idols","le-idols"]·heb["אלילי","אלילים","אלילם","ב-אלילים","ה-אליל","ה-אלילים","ו-אלילי","ו-ה-אלילים","ו-ל-אליליה"]·HI["और-उसकी-मूर्तियों-से","और-मूर्तियां","देवताओं-को","मूर्तियाँ","मूर्तियां","मूर्तियों","मूर्तियों-के","मूर्तियों-से","में-मूर्तियों"]·ID["-berhala","Dan-berhala-berhala","berhala","berhala-berhala","dalam-berhala","dan-berhala-berhala","dan-kepada-berhala-berhalanya","patung-patung"]·IT["[אלילים]","[באלילים]","e-idolo","idoli","idolo","il-idoli"]·jav["Lan-brahala","brahala","brahala-brahala","déwa-déwa","lan-brahala","lan-dhateng-brahala-brahala-nipun"]·KO["그-우상들","그녀의-우상들-에게","그리고-우상들을","우상-들-로","우상-들을","우상-이로다","우상들","우상들로","우상들은","우상들을","우상들이","우상의","헛된-것들을"]·PT["E-os-ídolos","e-a-ídolos-dela","e-ídolos-de","nos-ídolos","nulidades","o-ídolo","os-ídolos","os-ídolos-de","são-ídolos","ídolos","ídolos-de"]·RU["и-идолам-его","и-идолов-","и-идолы","идолам","идолами","идолов","идолов-","идолы","ничтожества"]·ES["Y-los-ídolos","de-ídolos","e-ídolos-de","en-los-ídolos","imágenes","los-ídolos","y-a-sus-ídolos","ídolos","ídolos-de"]·SW["kwa-vinyago","na-sanamu","na-sanamu-zake","ni-sanamu","sanamu","sanamu-zake-za","sanamu-zisizosema","vinyago","za-sanamu"]·TR["boş-şeyler","putlar","putlara","putlardır","putlari","putlarin","putlarini","putlarla","sahte-ilahlar","sahte-tanrıları","ve-putlar","ve-putlarina","ve-putlarini"]·urd["اور-اُس-کے-بتوں-سے","اور-بت","اور-بتوں-کو","بت","بت-ہیں","بتوں","بتوں-سے","بتوں-پر","بتوں-کو","بتوں-کی","بتوں-کے","بُت","بُت-ہیں","بُتوں","ڈھونگوں"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֱלִיל n.m. (etym. uncertain: most prob. akin to Syriac ܐܰܠܻܝܠ weak, feeble, poor; perhaps also in usage [cf. b.] felt to suggest אַל not; cf. Che on Is 2:8) insufficiency, worthlessness. a. Zc 11:17 רֹעִי הָאֱלִיל the shepherd of worthlessness = the worthless shepherd, Jb 13:4 רֹפְאֵי אֱלִל worthless physicians (‖ טֹפְלֵי־שֶׁקֶר), Je 14:14 Qr concr. a thing of nought (uttered by prophets), but…