| idol | A statue of a false god that people worship. It can also mean anything that is more important to a person than God. |
| Illyricum | A Roman province north and west of Greece. |
| incense | Special dried tree sap that was burned to make a sweet-smelling smoke and offered as a gift to God. |
| Isaac | The son of Abraham and one of the most important ancestors of the Israelites or Jews. |
| Israel | Another name for Jacob (see Gen. 32:24-28) and for the nation God chose to accomplish his plan of blessing the world through the Messiah (see “Christ”). The people of Israel were the descendants of Jacob’s twelve sons. In the New Testament this name is sometimes used in a broader sense to mean all of God’s people. |
| Israelite | Belonging to the nation of Israel (see “Israel”). |
