[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

idol \i"dol\, n. oe. idole, f. idole, l. idolum, fr. gr. ?, fr.
   ? that which is seen, the form, shape, figure, fr. ? to see.
   see wit, and cf. eidolon.
   1. an image or representation of anything. obs.
      1913 webster

            do her adore with sacred reverence,
            as th' idol of her maker's great magnificence.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. an image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a
      deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an
      object of worship; a similitude of a false god.
      1913 webster

            that they should not worship devils, and idols of
            gold.                                 --rev. ix. 20.
      1913 webster

   3. that on which the affections are strongly often
      excessively set; an object of passionate devotion; a
      person or thing greatly loved or adored.
      1913 webster

            the soldier's god and people's idol.  --denham.
      1913 webster

   4. a false notion or conception; a fallacy. --bacon.
      1913 webster

            the idols of preconceived opinion.    --coleridge.
      1913 webster
see also:
wit eidolon 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

idol
     n 1: a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt
          not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his
          god" syn: graven image, god
     2: someone who is adored blindly and excessively syn: matinee
        idol
     3: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept syn: paragon,
         perfection, beau ideal
see also:
graven image god matinee idol paragon perfection beau ideal 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

101 moby thesaurus words for "idol":
   baal, juggernaut, big name, celebrity, companion, constellation,
   copy, cosset, cynosure, darling, dea, dead ringer, deity, demigod,
   demigoddess, deus, deva, devi, devil-god, divinity, double,
   duplicate, effigy, exact likeness, false god, favorite, fellow,
   fetish, figure, folk hero, fondling, galaxy, god, goddess,
   golden calf, graven image, great man, heathen god, hero, heroine,
   icon, ikon, image, immortal, important person, jewel, joss,
   likeness, lion, living image, living picture, luminaries, luminary,
   man of mark, master spirit, match, mate, matinee idol, miniature,
   minion, mirroring, model, name, notability, notable, pagan deity,
   person of note, personage, pet, phoenix, photograph, picture,
   pleiad, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol, portrait, preference,
   public figure, reflection, resemblance, rubbing, semblance, shadow,
   similitude, simulacrum, social lion, somebody, spit and image,
   spitting image, spoiled child, star, superstar, symbol,
   the shining ones, trace, tracing, twin, very image, very picture,
   worthy

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

idol
     
        icon-derived object language.  an object-oriented
        preprocessor for icon.
     
        ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/languages/icon/idol.tar.z.
     
        "programming in idol: an object primer", c.l. jeffery, u
        arizona cs tr 90-10.
     
     
see also:
object-oriented preprocessor icon lt;ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/languages/icon/idol.tar.zgt; 

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

idol
   1. heb. aven, "nothingness;" "vanity" isa. 66:3; 41:29; deut.
   32:21; 1 kings 16:13; ps. 31:6; jer. 8:19, etc..
   
     2. 'elil, "a thing of naught" ps. 97:7; isa. 19:3; a word
   of contempt, used of the gods of noph ezek. 30:13.
   
     3. 'emah, "terror," in allusion to the hideous form of idols
   jer. 50:38.
   
     4. miphletzeth, "a fright;" "horror" 1 kings 15:13; 2 chr.
   15:16.
   
     5. bosheth, "shame;" "shameful thing" jer. 11:13; hos.
   9:10; as characterizing the obscenity of the worship of baal.
   
     6. gillulim, also a word of contempt, "dung;" "refuse"
   ezek. 16:36; 20:8; deut. 29:17, marg..
   
     7. shikkuts, "filth;" "impurity" ezek. 37:23; nah. 3:6.
   
     8. semel, "likeness;" "a carved image" deut. 4:16.
   
     9. tselem, "a shadow" dan. 3:1; 1 sam. 6:5, as
   distinguished from the "likeness," or the exact counterpart.
   
     10. temunah, "similitude" deut. 4:12-19. here moses
   forbids the several forms of gentile idolatry.
   
     11. 'atsab, "a figure;" from the root "to fashion," "to
   labour;" denoting that idols are the result of man's labour
   isa. 48:5; ps. 139:24, "wicked way;" literally, as some
   translate, "way of an idol".
   
     12. tsir, "a form;" "shape" isa. 45:16.
   
     13. matztzebah, a "statue" set up jer. 43:13; a memorial
   stone like that erected by jacob gen. 28:18; 31:45; 35:14, 20,
   by joshua 4:9, and by samuel 1 sam. 7:12. it is the name
   given to the statues of baal 2 kings 3:2; 10:27.
   
     14. hammanim, "sun-images." hamman is a synonym of baal, the
   sun-god of the phoenicians 2 chr. 34:4, 7; 14:3, 5; isa. 17:8.
   
     15. maskith, "device" lev. 26:1; num. 33:52. in lev. 26:1,
   the words "image of stone" a.v. denote "a stone or cippus with
   the image of an idol, as baal, astarte, etc." in ezek. 8:12,
   "chambers of imagery" maskith, are "chambers of which the
   walls are painted with the figures of idols;" comp. ver. 10, 11.
   
     16. pesel, "a graven" or "carved image" isa. 44:10-20. it
   denotes also a figure cast in metal deut. 7:25; 27:15; isa.
   40:19; 44:10.
   
     17. massekah, "a molten image" deut. 9:12; judg. 17:3, 4.
   
     18. teraphim, pl., "images," family gods penates
   worshipped by abram's kindred josh. 24:14. put by michal in
   david's bed judg. 17:5; 18:14, 17, 18, 20; 1 sam. 19:13.
   
     "nothing can be more instructive and significant than this
   multiplicity and variety of words designating the instruments
   and inventions of idolatry."
   

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