What does δειλός (deilós) mean in the Bible?
δειλός (deilós): Cowardice rooted in fear; opposite of faith and courage in facing danger or hardship.
Greek · G1169
δειλός
Timid
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δειλός G1169
Pronunciation deilós
What does δειλός (deilós) mean in the Bible?
δειλός (deilós): Cowardice rooted in fear; opposite of faith and courage in facing danger or hardship.
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How does the BSB render G1169?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include so afraid (2), awe (1), to [the] cowardly (1).
Where does δειλός (deilós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), Mark (1), Matthew (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It so afraid 2× Matthew 8:26, Mark 4:40
awe 1× Hebrews 12:28
to [the] cowardly 1× Revelation 21:8
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:26
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Hebrews 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
δειλοί 2x deiloi Matthew 8:26, Mark 4:40
δειλοῖς 1x deilois Revelation 21:8
δέους 1x deous Hebrews 12:28
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 2x Matthew 8:26, Mark 4:40
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 21:8
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Hebrews 12:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Cowardice rooted in fear; opposite of faith and courage in facing danger or hardship.
Strong's G1169
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
timid
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:26 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
δειλοί deiloi
cowardly, timid
Read verse Mark 4:40 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
δειλοί deiloi
cowardly, timid
Read verse Revelation 21:8 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
δειλοῖς deiloiv
cowardly, timid
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 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 8:26 · Mark 4:40 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Rev 21:8 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Witnesses
Mark 4:35–41 δειλός deilós
fearful, cowardly
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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