ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΕΣ, δεισιδαιμονες
DEISIDAIMONES, deisidaimones
Sounds Like: day-see-DAI-moh-nes
Translations: superstitious, religious, devout
From the root: ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΩΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is excessively fearful of the gods or spirits, leading to superstition. It can also carry a more neutral or even positive connotation, meaning 'religious' or 'devout,' depending on the context. In the provided examples, it seems to lean towards the negative sense of 'superstitious.'
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G1179 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
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
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more religious, more superstitious, more devout
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they are superstitious, they worship, they are religious
- ΔΕΙΣΙΔΑΙΜΟΝΩΣ — superstitiously, religiously, reverently
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