Quick Definition
εἰδωλόθυτος, ον Adj sacrificed to an image
Strong's Definition
neuter of a compound of 1497 and a presumed derivative of 2380; an image-sacrifice, i.e. part of an idolatrous offering
KJV Usage: (meat, thing that is) offered (in sacrifice, sacrificed) to (unto) idols
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | εἶδος + θύω
5.15 · Foods and Condiments · Food
sacrificial meat, meat of animals sacrificed to an idol the meat of animals which have been sacrificed to idols εἰδωλόθυτον is a semantically complex word meaning literally ‘that which has been sacrificed to idols.’ There is no specific element meaning ‘meat,’ but the stem meaning ‘sacrifice’ implies ‘meat.’ Part of the sacrifice was normally burned on the altar, part was eaten during a ritual meal in a temple, and part was sold in the public market. According to Jewish tradition this meat was unclean and therefore forbidden. εἰδωλόθυτον is normally translated by a phrase, for example, ‘meat which had been offered to idols’ or ‘meat of an animal which had been sacrificed to idols’ or ‘meat of animals killed in honor of false gods.’
ACT 15:29 · ACT 21:25 · 1CO 8:1 · 1CO 8:4 · 1CO 8:7 · 1CO 8:10 · 1CO 10:19 · REV 2:14 · REV 2:20
adjc. | -ον | ἱερατεύω + θύω
53.21 · Religious Activities · Offering, Sacrifice
what has been sacrificed, having been sacrificed to a deity pertaining to being sacrificed to a deity In some cultures sacrificing is not practiced, and even the idea of killing an animal as a gift to a deity seems not only strange but even abhorrent. In such languages no special term is to be found for sacrifice, and it may therefore be necessary to use a phrase such as ‘to kill an animal and give it to God’ or ‘to kill an animal in honor of God.’ In such cases, however, it is obviously necessary to have some kind of supplementary note or glossary statement which will attempt to explain the significance and function of sacrifice in the Bible.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εἰδωλόθυτος, -ov, (εἴδωλον and θύω), a bibl. and eccl. word [W. 26; 100 (94) ], sacrificed to idols; τὸ εἰδωλόθυτον and τὰ εἰδωλόθυτα denote the flesh left over from the heathen sacrifices ; it was either eaten at feasts, or sold (by the poor and the miserly) in the market: Acts xv. 29; xxi. 25; 1 Co. viii. 1, 4, 7,10; x.19, 28 (here L txt. T Tr WH read ἱερόθυτον, q. v.); Rev. ii. 14, 20. [CE. Bp. Lghtft. on Gal. p. 308 sq.]* ;
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱερόθυτος hierothutos 1x
offered in sacrifice, 1 Cor. 10:28*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† εἰδωλόθυτος, -ον,
(< εἴδωλον, θύω), [in LXX: IV Mac 5:2 * ;]
sacrificed to idols: τὸ, τὰ εἰ, Ac 15:29 21:25, I Co 8:1, 4, 7, 10 10:19, Re 2:14, 20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱερόθυτος. For this late word (for the class. ἱερεῖα θεόθυτα) see the citation from Sy/7 653 s.v. Seppativos. We hear of tepoθύται, ‘‘sacrificing priests,’ in connexion with the ceremonial at marriages, e.g. in P Fay 228 (i/A.D.): see further Schubart Archiv v. p. 77 ff. For ἱεροποιός, ‘‘a sacrificial magistrate,” cf. P Oxy XIV. 16647 (iii/A.D.) with the editors’ note.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εἰδωλόθυτος (eidōlothutos) — sacrificed to idols. εἰδωλό-θῠτος, ον, sacrificed to idols: substantive εἰδωλόθυτα, τά, meats offered to idols, [NT]