Strong's Definition
apparently from 408; good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
KJV Usage: idol, no value, thing of nought
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֱלִיל (e.lil) — idol. 1) of nought, good for nothing, worthless 1a) of physicians, a shepherd, a divination 1b) of false gods
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Images | Cult Objects | ≈ גִּלּוּל · מַסֵּכָה · מַצֵּבָה · מַשְׂכִּית · עָצָב · פָּסִיל · פֶּסֶל
image, idol = a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing; ◄ usually made from stone or wood overlaid with gold or silver; ► functioning as an object of non-sanctioned worship; ≈ associated with being worthless and useless
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1 JER 14:14 MT-K ואלול | MT-Q וֶאֱלִיל
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֱלִיל n.m. insufficiency, worthlessness the shepherd of worthlessness = the worthless shepherd
concr. worthless gods, idols
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