Strong's Lexicon
G1175 — δεισιδαιμονία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1175 |
|---|---|
| Word: | δεισιδαιμονία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | the compound of a derivative of the base of G1169 and G1142 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | deisidaimonia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dice-ee-dai-mon-ee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. religion |
| KJV Renderings: | superstition |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δεισιδαιμονία, δεισιδαιμονίας, ἡ (δεισιδαίμων), fear of the gods;
1. in a good sense, reverence for the gods, piety, religion: Polybius 6, 56, 7; Josephus, Antiquities 10, 3, 2; καί θεοφιλής βίος, Diodorus 1, 70.
2. equivalent to ἡ δειλία πρός τό δαιμόνιον (Theophrastus, char. 16 (22) at the beginning (cf. Jebb, p. 263f)); superstition: (Polybius 12, 24, 5); Plutarch (Sol. 12, 4); Alex. 75, 1; de adulat. et am. 25, and in his Essay περί τῆς δεισιδαιμονίας; Antoninus 6, 30 θεοσεβής χωρίς δεισιδαιμονίας.
3. religion, in an objective sense; in which sense Josephus, Antiquities 19, 5, 3, says Claudius commanded the Jews μή τάς τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν δεισιδαιμονίας ἐξουδενίζειν. Festus in the presence of Agrippa the Jewish king employs the word ambiguously and cautiously, in Act 25:19, of the Jewish religion, viz. so as to leave his own judgment concerning its truth in suspense. Cf. Zezschwitz, Profangräcität u. Biblical Sprachgeist, p. 59; (K. F. Hermann, Lehrb. d. gottesdienstl. Alterthümer, § 8 note 6; Trench, § xlviii.; (cf. Kenrick, Biblical Essays, 1864, p. 108ff; Field, Otium Norv. iii., p. 80f)).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δεισιδαιμονία (superstition)
Acts 25:19
- KJV: But had certain questions against him of their own superstition and of one Jesus which was dead whom Paul affirmed to be alive
- GK: ζητήματα δε τινα περί της ιδίας δεισιδαιμονίας είχον προς αυτόν και περί τινος Ιησού τεθνηκότος ον έφασκεν ο Παύλος ζην