noun · neuter
deem
Strong’sG127
awe, reverence
stem de-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** δέος, -ους, τό
(< δείδω), [in LXX: II Mac 3:17, 30 12:22 13:16 15:23 *;]
SYN.: δειλία, φόβος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G127 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidahee-doce'
bashfulness, i.e. (towards men), modesty or (towards God) awe
Fromperhaps from G1 (as a negative particle) and G1492 (through the idea of downcast eyes);
King Jamesreverence, shamefacedness.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
contraction οῦς, η (late nominative plural αἰδοί Refs 5th c.BC+, as a moral feeling, reverence, awe, respect for the feeling or opinion of others or for one's own conscience, and so shame, self-respect (in full ἑαυτοῦ αἰδώςRefs 5th c.AD+, sense of honour, αἰδῶ θέσθ᾽ ἐνὶ θυμῷRefs 8th c.BC+; ἴσχε γὰρ αἰ. καὶ δέοςRefs 8th c.BC+; δακρύων πένθιμον αἰδῶ tears of grief and shame, Refs 5th c.BC+; sobriety, moderation, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 regard for others, respect, reverence, αἰδοῦς οὐδεμιῆς ἔτυχονRefs 6th c.BC+; αἰ. τοκέων respect for them, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὴν ἐμὴν αἰδῶ respect for me, Refs 4th c.BC+; regard for friends, αἰδοῦς ἀχαλκεύτοισιν ἔζευκται πέδαιςRefs 5th c.BC+; especially regard for the helpless, compassion, αἰδοῦς κῦρσαιRefs 5th c.BC+; forgiveness, Refs 5th c.BC+
II that which causes shame or respect, and so,
II.1 shame, scandal, αἰδώς, Ἀργεῖοι, κάκ᾽ ἐλέγχεαRefs 8th c.BC+; αἰδώς, ὦ Λύκιοι· πόσε φεύγετεRefs
II.2 ={τὰ αἰδοῖα}, Refs 8th c.BC+
II.3 dignity, majesty αἰ. καὶ χάριςRefs
III Αἰδώς personified, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | deem | deeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | deeu1×δέους | deeiu |
| to, for dative | dee | deei |
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
dee 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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
deeu“awe”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Hebrews 12:28… euarestōs to theo meta eulabeiau kai deeu,… worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.