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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: θρῆσκος

(Strong's #2357 — Adjective — threskos — thrace'-kos )

"religious, careful of the externals of divine service," akin to threskeia (see above), is used in James 1:26 .

Notes: (1) For deisidaimon, Acts 17:22 , RV, marg., "religious," see SUPERSTITIOUS. (2) For "religious (proselytes)," AV in Acts 13:43 , see DEVOUT , No. 3.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Religious'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​r/religious.html. 1940.
 
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