ΔΕΙΛΟΙΣ, δειλοις
DEILOIS, deilois
Sounds Like: DEH-loyse
Translations: cowardly, timid, fearful, fainthearted, of the cowardly, to the cowardly
From the root: ΔΕΙΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is timid, fearful, or cowardly. It is used to characterize individuals who lack courage or are easily frightened. In the provided examples, it refers to those who are faint-hearted or cowardly, often in contrast to those who are faithful or brave.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1169 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 3:56
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Maccabees — 3:56
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Revelation — 21:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΕΙΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΔΕΙΛΑΙ — wretched, miserable, fearful, cowardly
- ΔΕΙΛΑΙΑ — wretched, a wretched one, miserable, cowardly
- ΔΕΙΛΑΙΑΙ — cowardly, timid, wretched, miserable
- ΔΕΙΛΑΙΣ — (to) cowardly, (to) timid, (to) wretched, (to) miserable
- ΔΕΙΛΑΣ — cowardly, timid, fearful, a cowardly one
- ΔΕΙΛΕΑ — cowardly, timid, wretched, miserable, a coward, a timid one, cowardice, timidity
- ΔΕΙΛΟ — cowardly, timid, fearful, a cowardly person, a timid person
- ΔΕΙΛΟ'Υ — of a coward, of a timid person, of a fearful person
- ΔΕΙΛΟΙ — cowardly, timid, fearful, a coward, the fearful
- ΔΕΙΛΟΝ — cowardly, timid, fearful, a coward, a timid person
- ΔΕΙΛΟΣ — cowardly, timid, fearful, a coward, a timid person
- ΔΕΙΛΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most cowardly, very cowardly, a most cowardly thing
- ΔΕΙΛΟΥ — of a coward, of a timid person, of a fearful person
- ΔΕΙΛΟΥΣ — cowardly, timid, fearful, a coward, a timid person
- ΔΙΛΟΙ — cowardly, timid, fearful, a coward, the cowardly
- ΔΙΛΟΝ — cowardly, timid, fearful, a cowardly one, a timid one, a fearful one
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