Bible Dictionaries
Idol

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.

(2):

(n.) A false notion or conception; a fallacy.

(3):

(n.) 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.

(4):

(n.) An image or representation of anything.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Idol'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/idol.html. 1828.