WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY TERMS:

idols:
1) a representation or symbol of an object of worship: a false god
2) a likeness of something, pretender, imposter
3) a form or appearance visible but without substance
4) a false conception: fallacy

fallacy:
1) deceptive appearance: deception
2) a false or mistaken idea; erroneous or fallacious character

Zeus - The Greek god honored at the Olympic games for the last 100 years.
He was a god in 63 BC.

All through the Bible God talks about idols and makes it plain He abhors idolatry. God constantly repeated to Israel that He was the Lord their God.

Exodus 20:3-4
no other gods before me ni
no other gods before me kj

Exodus 34:14
a jealous God ni
a jealous God kj

Leviticus 19:4
do not turn to idols or make gods ni
turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods kj

Leviticus 26:1
do not make idols or set up an image ni
ye shall make you no idols nor graven image kj

Deuteronomy 8:19
forget the LORD your God ni
forget the LORD thy God kj

Deuteronomy 9:15-29
for he was angry enough with you to destroy you ni
wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you kj

Deuteronomy 29:16-18
detestable images and idols ni
abominations, and their idols kj

Judges 2:11-15
because they forsook him and served Baal ni
and they forsook the LORD, and served Baal kj

I Kings 14:9-11
you have provoked me to anger ni
to provoke me to anger kj

Psalm 95:3
LORD is the great God ni
LORD is a great God kj

Psalm 135:1-21
LORD is greater than all gods ni
LORD is above all gods kj

Isaiah 45:5
I am the LORD --- is no other ni
there is no God beside me kj

Isaiah 45:22
I am God --- is no other ni
I am God --- is none else kj

Isaiah 46:9-10
I am God; and there is no other ni
I am God, and there is none like me kj

Jeremiah 10:14
images --- no breath in them ni
image --- no breath in them kj

Jeremiah 16:17-18
they have defiled my land ni
they have defiled my land kj

Ezekiel 30:13
I will destroy the idols ni
I will also destroy the idols kj

Hosea 13:4
no Savior except me ni
no saviour beside me kj

Matthew 4:10
worship the Lord your God, and serve him only ni
worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve kj

Acts 15:20
abstain from food polluted by idols ni
abstain from pollutions of idols kj

I Corinthians 10:20-22
the cup of demons too ni
the cup of devils kj

I John 5:21
keep yourselves from idols ni
keep yourselves from idols kj

Revelation 9:20
idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood - idols that cannot see or hear or walk ni

idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk kj

Revelation 13:14
to set up an image in honor ni
make an image to the beast kj

Revelation 14:9
anyone worships the beast and his image ni
any man worship the beast and his image kj

Revelation 15:2
his image and over the number ni
his image --- and over the number kj

Revelation 16:2
of the beast and worshiped his image ni
of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image kj

Revelation 19:20
of the beast and worshiped his image ni
of the beast, and them that worshipped his image kj

Revelation 20:4
not worshiped the beast or his image ni
not worshipped the beast, neither his image kj

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