ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑ, δεισιδαιμονια
DEISIDAIMONIA, deisidaimonia
Sounds Like: day-see-dai-mo-NEE-ah
Translations: superstition, a superstition, religious fear, fear of the gods
From the root: ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun meaning 'superstition' or 'religious fear'. It describes an excessive or irrational fear of divine powers or supernatural forces, often leading to practices or beliefs that are not based on true piety or reason. It can be used to refer to both negative and, less commonly, positive religious reverence, but in Koine Greek, it often carries a negative connotation of excessive or misguided religious observance.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1175 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑΝ — superstition, a superstition, religious fear, reverence
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑΣ — of superstition, of religion, of reverence, of fear of the gods
- ΔΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑΣ — of superstition, of religion, of religiousness
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