adjective

thrēskos

Greekθρησκός (thrēskos)

Strong’sG2357

religious

stem thrēsk-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

religious1×

What it means

* θρῆσκος

(-κός, WH), -ου, ὁ

religious, careful of the outward forms of divine service (see previous word): Ja 1:26.†

SYN.: εὐσεβής, θεοσεβής, δεισιδαίμων (v. Tr., Syn., § xlviii).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2357 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidthrace'-kos

ceremonious in worship (as demonstrative), i.e. pious

Fromprobably from the base of G2360;

King Jamesreligious.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	thrēskos1×θρησκὸς	thrēskas	thrēskem	thrēskois	thrēskais	thrēskeim
object accusative	thrēskon	thrēskan		thrēskoin	thrēskain
direct address vocative	thrēskor	thrēskar		thrēskoir	thrēskair
of, belonging to genitive	thrēskou	thrēskau	thrēskeu	thrēskoiu	thrēskaiu	thrēskeiu
to, for dative	thrēsko	thrēska	thrēske	thrēskoi	thrēskai	thrēskei

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

thrēskstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

thrēsk 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

thrēskos“religious”subjectnominative singular1×

James 1:26“religious”Ei tinos dokatō thrēskos arō mē chalinagōgarōtos glōssan autou alla apatarōtos kardian autou, houtou mataias tas thrēskeias.If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.