What does δειλία (deilía) mean in the Bible?
δειλία (deilía): Cowardice as loss of spiritual confidence; distinct from fear (φόβος) in being shameful, never morally commendable.
Greek · G1167
δειλία
Timidity
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δειλία G1167
Pronunciation deilía
What does δειλία (deilía) mean in the Bible?
δειλία (deilía): Cowardice as loss of spiritual confidence; distinct from fear (φόβος) in being shameful, never morally commendable.
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How does the BSB render G1167?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include of fear (1).
Where does δειλία (deilía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Timothy 1:7. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Timothy (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It of fear 1× 2 Timothy 1:7
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First aligned row 2 Timothy 1:7
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
2 Timothy 1
Source forms
δειλίας 1x deilias 2 Timothy 1:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x 2 Timothy 1:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Cowardice as loss of spiritual confidence; distinct from fear (φόβος) in being shameful, never morally commendable.
Strong's G1167
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 2 Timothy 1:1-7 Source Gloss
timidity
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Cowardice as loss of spiritual confidence; distinct from fear (φόβος) in being shameful, never morally commendable.
(δειλός), [in LXX for אֵימָה, מְחִתָּה, etc. ;] cowardice, timidity (never in good sense): 2Ti.1:7.
Synonymsφόβος, fear, in general, good or bad; εὐλάβεια (which see), 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).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Timothy 1:7 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
δειλίας, deiliav
cowardice
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
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Genitive · Singular · Feminine 2 Tim 1:7 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
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New Testament Witnesses
cowardice, fearfulness that shrinks back
Word Origins
δειλία is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Paul identifies fear as a governing posture God does not give. This sets up the entire letter’s call to endure suffering and guard the gospel without shame. 2 Timothy 1:1-7
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain