by implication

in cl. ; a phantom, image, likeness . an image in the mind, an idea, fancy In LXX and NT, (cf. Polyb., xxxi, 3, 13): , , ; an image of a god, an idol Ac 7:41 I Co 12:2 Re 9:20 or (, on I Th, l.c.): , , , , , .† the false god idol worshipped in an image ICC Ac 15:20 Ro 2:22 I Co 8:4 7 10:19 II Co 6:18 I Th 1:9 I Jo 5:21

an image (i.e. for worship); by implication, a heathen god, or (plural) the worship of such

idol