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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary
Strong's #1167 - δειλία
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δειλία, ἡ,
I. timidity, cowardice, Hdt. 1.37, S. OT 536, etc.; δειλίην ὀφλεῖν to be charged with cowardice, Hdt. 8.26; δειλίας ὀφλεῖν (sc. δίκην) And. 1.74; ἔνοχος δειλίας (sc. δίκῃ) Lys. 1.45; opp. ἀνδρεία, θρασύτης, Pl. Lg. 648b, Ti. 87a.
II misery, Procop. Goth. 4.32.
δειλία , -ας , ἡ
(< δειλός ),
[in LXX for H367, H4288, etc.;]
cowardice, timidity (never in good sense): 2 Timothy 1:7.†
SYN.: φόβος G5401, fear, in general, good or bad; εὐλάβεια G2124 (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). †
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For this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . (2 Timothy 1:7) cf. BGU II. 372i. 26 (A.D. 154) δειλίαν with a gap both before and after, and P Giss I. 40ii. 11 (A.D. 215) δειλίας αἰτία .
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