What does δεισιδαιμονέστερος (deisidaimonésteros) mean in the Bible?
δεισιδαιμονέστερος (deisidaimonésteros): Reverence toward deity; can mean either genuine piety or excessive superstition depending on context.
Greek · G1174
δεισιδαιμονέστερος
More religious than others
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δεισιδαιμονέστεροςG1174
Pronunciationdeisidaimonésteros
What does δεισιδαιμονέστερος (deisidaimonésteros) mean in the Bible?
δεισιδαιμονέστερος (deisidaimonésteros): Reverence toward deity; can mean either genuine piety or excessive superstition depending on context.
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How does the BSB render G1174?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include very religious (1).
Where does δεισιδαιμονέστερος (deisidaimonésteros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 17:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (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 Itvery religious1×Acts 17:22
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First aligned rowActs 17:22
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Acts1
Source forms
δεισιδαιμονεστέρους1xdeisidaimonesterousActs 17:22
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural - Comparative1xActs 17:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Reverence toward deity; can mean either genuine piety or excessive superstition depending on context.
Source Gloss
more religious than others
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 17:22Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
δεισιδαιμονεστέρουςdeisidaimonesterouv
respectful of what is divine, religious
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.
Word Origins
δεισιδαιμονέστερος is built from these roots: