Leviticus 19:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Turn ye not unto idols— The word rendered idols אלילים elilim, coming from אליל elil, vain, foolish, false, signifies vain, foolish, or false things: a name given in just contempt by believers to the vain objects of heathen worship, which were nothing in themselves, and to worship which shewed the greater folly; as, having no intellectual existence, they were unable to help: We know that an idol is nothing in the world, says St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 8:4 an observation equally true, whatever was the object of false worship.