noun · feminine
thrēskeias
Strong’sG2356
ritual worship, religion
stem thrēskei-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 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.
**† θρησκεία (-κία, T), -ας, ἡ
(< θρῆσκος), [in LXX: Wi 14:18, 27, Si 22:5 A, IV Mac 5:6, 13*;]
SYN.: v.s. θρῆσκος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2356 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthrace-ki'-ah
ceremonial observance
Fromfrom a derivative of G2357;
King Jamesreligion, worshipping.
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
Ionic dialect θρησκ-είη, ἡ, (θρησκεύω) religious worship, cult, ritual, ἡ περὶ τὰ ἱρὰ θ. Refs 5th c.BC+: plural, rites, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 religion, service of God, LXX+NT; ἑκατέρα θ., i.e. Christianity and Paganism, Refs 4th c.AD+; θ. τῶν ἀγγέλων worshipping of angels, NT
3 in bad sense, religious formalism, ἀντὶ ὁσιότητος Refs 1st c.AD+; θ. βιωτική vulgar superstition, Refs 2nd c.AD+
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 nominative | thrēskeias2×θρησκεία | thrēskeiais |
| object accusative | thrēskeian | thrēskeiain |
| direct address vocative | thrēskeiar | thrēskeiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | thrēskeiau1×θρησκείας | thrēskeiaiu |
| to, for dative | thrēskeia1×θρησκείᾳ | thrēskeiai |
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
thrēskeia 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
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
thrēskeias“religion”subjectnominative singular2×
James 1:26… apatarōntos kardian autou, houtou mataias tas thrēskeias.… he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
James 1:27thrēskeias katharas kai amiantas para to theo …Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is …
thrēskeiau“religion”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 26:5… kata tan akribotatan hairesian tau hēmeterau thrēskeiau zōama Farisaios.… to the strictest sect of our religion.
thrēskeia“worship”to, fordative singular1×
Colossians 2:18… vin katabrabeuatōr thelarōntos en tapeinofrosuna kai thrēskeia toiu angeloiu, heim horatē embateuarōntos, eikē …… delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation …