εἰδωλεῖον (εἰδώλιον T WH; see Iota), ἐιδωλειου, τό (εἴδωλον, which see; cf. 'Ἀσκληπειον, Ἀπολλωνειον, ἡρακλειον etc. (Winers Grammar, 95 (90))), an idol's temple, temple consecrated to idols: 1Co_8:10 (1Ma_1:47 1Ma_10:83; 1Es_2:9; not found in secular authors; for in the fragment from Sophocles (152 Dindorf) in Plutarch, de amico et adul. c. 36 ἑδωλια has of late been restored).

εἰδωλεῖον eidōleion 1x a heathen temple, 1Co_8:10

† εἰδώλιον ( Rec. -εῖον ), -ου , τό ( < εἴδωλον ), [in LXX : Dan_1:2 ( H430 H214 H1004 ), Bel 1:9, 1Es_2:10 , 1Ma_1:47 ; 1Ma_10:83 * ;] an idol's temple: 1Co_8:10 ( cf. Ἀσταρτεῖον , 1Sa_31:10 ; v. ICC , in 1 Co, l.c .).†

εἰδωλεῖον [page 182] εἰδωλεῖον , or εἰδώλιον as the word is read in the best MSS., occurs several times in the LXX, but in the NT only in 1Co_8:10 . No instance has been found as yet in profane Greek, but we may compare such analogous forms as Ἰσιεῖον and Ἀνουβιεῖον , shrines dedicated to Isis and Anubis : see e.g. P Tebt I. 5 .70 f. (B.C. 118). The invitation in P Oxy I. 110 (ii/A.D.) δειπνῆσαι εἰς κλείνην τοῦ κυρίου Σαράπιδος ἐν τῷ Σαραπείῳ , to sup at the table (couch) of the lord Serapis in the Serapeum is also an excellent illustration of 1Co_8:10 ; 1Co_10:21 ; 1Co_10:27 : cf. P Oxy III. 523 (ii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 97) and Wilcken Archiv iv. p. 211.

εἰδωλεῖον [Etym: εἴδωλον] "an idol's temple", NTest.

εἰδώλον (Rec. -εῖον), -ου, τό (εἴδωλον), [in LXX: Dan LXX 1:2 (בֵּית אוֹצַר אֱלֹהִים), Bel 9, I Est.2:10, 1Ma.1:47 10:83 * ;] an idol's temple: 1Co.8:10 (cf. Ἀσταρτεῖον, 1Ki.31:10; see ICC, in I Co, l.with).† (AS)