ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑΝ, δεισιδαιμονιαν
DEISIDAIMONIAN, deisidaimonian
Sounds Like: day-see-day-mo-NEE-an
Translations: superstition, a superstition, religious fear, reverence
From the root: ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to superstition or religious fear. It is a compound word formed from 'δείδω' (deidō), meaning 'to fear', and 'δαίμων' (daimōn), meaning 'a deity' or 'a demon'. It can be used in a positive sense to mean reverence or respect for the divine, but more commonly in a negative sense to mean excessive or irrational fear of the gods, leading to superstitious practices. In the provided context, it refers to the superstitious practices of the Jews.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1175 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 22:208
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Mathetes
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.
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑ — superstition, a superstition, religious fear, fear of the gods
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑΣ — of superstition, of religion, of reverence, of fear of the gods
- ΔΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΙΑΣ — of superstition, of religion, of religiousness
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