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δειλία (G1167)

deilía

di-lee'-ah

from δειλός; timidity:--fear.

Abbott–Smith

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).†

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


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  • 2 Timothy 1:7
    For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.