noun · feminine
deilias
Greekδειλία (deilia)
Strong’sG1167
cowardice
stem deili-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
δειλία, -ας, ἡ
(< δειλός), [in LXX for אֵימָה, מְחִתָּה, etc.;]
SYN.: φόβος, fear, in general, good or bad; εὐλάβεια (q.v.), apprehension generally, but chiefly pious fear, "that careful and watchful reverence which pays regard to every circumstance in that with which it has to deal" (cf. Tr., Syn., § x).†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1167 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddi-lee'-ah
timidity
Fromfrom G1169;
King Jamesfear.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | deilias | deiliais |
| object accusative | deilian | deiliain |
| direct address vocative | deiliar | deiliair |
| of, belonging to genitive | deiliau1×δειλίας | deiliaiu |
| to, for dative | deilia | deiliai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
deilia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
deiliau“fear”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Timothy 1:7“fear”ouk gar dōata ni tos theos pneumem deiliau, alla dunamiau kai agapau kai sōfronismou.For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.