ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΑΣ, δεισιδαιμονας
DEISIDAIMONAS, deisidaimonas
Sounds Like: day-see-DAI-mo-nas
Translations: superstitious, religious, devout, a superstitious person, a religious person
From the root: ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who is superstitious or religious. It can be used as an adjective to modify a noun, or as a noun itself to refer to a person who holds such beliefs. In some contexts, it can carry a negative connotation, implying excessive or fearful superstition, while in others, it can simply mean devout or reverent.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1179 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:7
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
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΕΣ — superstitious, religious, devout
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more religious, more superstitious, more devout
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they are superstitious, they worship, they are religious
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΩΣ — superstitiously, religiously, reverently
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