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Strong's #2357 - θρησκός
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- fearing or worshipping God
- to tremble
- trembling, fearful
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θρῆσκ-ος, ον,
religious, James 1:26; in bad sense, superstitious, Hsch. (Hsch. has also θρεσκός.)
θρησκός (T WH θρησκός, cf. (Tdf. Proleg., p. 101); Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 e.; Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch., p. 28), θρησκου, ὁ, fearing or worshipping God; religious (apparently from τρέω to tremble; hence, properly, trembling, fearful; cf. J. G. Müller in Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1835, p. 121; on the different conjectures of others, see Passow, under the word (Curtius, § 316 connects with θρα; hence, 'to adhere to,' 'be a votary of'; cf. Vanicek, p. 395)): James 1:26. (Cf. Trench, § xlviii.)
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θρῆσκος
(-κός , WH), -ον , ό ,
religious, careful of the outward forms of divine service (see previous word)): James 1:26.†
SYN.: εὐσεβής G2152, θεοσεβής G2318, δεισιδαίμων G1175 (v. Tr., Syn., § xlviii).
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