ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΟΥΣΙΝ, δεισιδαιμονουσιν
DEISIDAIMONOUSIN, deisidaimonousin
Sounds Like: day-see-dah-ee-moh-NOO-sin
Translations: they are superstitious, they worship, they are religious
From the root: ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΩΝ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning to be superstitious, to be religious, or to worship. It describes the act of showing reverence or fear towards divine beings, often with an implication of excessive or misguided fear (superstition). It is used to describe a group of people performing this action.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G1179 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:71
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΩΝ.
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.
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝ — superstitious, religious, devout, god-fearing
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΑΣ — superstitious, religious, devout, a superstitious person, a religious person
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΕΣ — superstitious, religious, devout
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more religious, more superstitious, more devout
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΩΣ — superstitiously, religiously, reverently
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