Strong’s
G1174Adjective1 time in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Acts 17:22δεισιδαιμονεστέρους
Then Paul stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that in every way you are very religious.
Abbott-Smith
δεισι-δαίμων, -ον
(δείδω, to fear; δαίμων, deity)
reverent to the deity, religious; compar. -μονεστέρους (AV, too superstitious, R, txt., somewhat superstitious, a sense in wh. the word is sometimes used; cf. Field, Notes, 125), more religious, God fearing, than others, quite religious (Abbott, Essays, 105 ff.; Deiss., LAE, 285): Act.17:22.†
SYN.: εὐσεβής (which see), θεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (Cremer, 681; DB, ext., 142 a).
(AS)
(δείδω, to fear; δαίμων, deity)
reverent to the deity, religious; compar. -μονεστέρους (AV, too superstitious, R, txt., somewhat superstitious, a sense in wh. the word is sometimes used; cf. Field, Notes, 125), more religious, God fearing, than others, quite religious (Abbott, Essays, 105 ff.; Deiss., LAE, 285): Act.17:22.†
SYN.: εὐσεβής (which see), θεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (Cremer, 681; DB, ext., 142 a).
(AS)
Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.