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Strong's G1167 · Greek

δειλία

deilia · di-lee'-ah

from 1169; timidity


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

δειλία (G1167)

1 δειλία , -ας, ἡ ( δειλός ), [in LXX for אֵימָה , מְחִתָּה , etc. ;] cowardice, timidity (never in good sense): II Ti 1:7 .† SYN. : φόβος , fear , in general, good or bad; εὐλάβεια (q.v.), apprehension generally, but chiefly pious fear , "that careful and watchful reverence which pays regard to every circumstance in that with which it has to deal" (cf. Tr., Syn. , § x).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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