G1174
G1174 — δεισιδαιμονέστερος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
deisidaimonesteros (dice-ee-dai-mon-es'-ter-os) adj.
1. more religious than others
[the compound of a derivative of the base of G1169 and G1142]
KJV: too superstitious
Root(s): G1169, G1142
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
too superstitious
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δεισιδαίμων, δεισιδαιμον, genitive δεισιδαιμονος (δείδω to fear, and δαίμων deity), fearing the deity or deities, like the Latinreligiosus; used either
1. in a good sense, reverencing god or the gods, pious, religious: Xenophon, Cyril 3, 3, 58; Ages. 11, 8; Aristotle, pol. 5, 11 (p. 1315a, 1); or
2. in a bad sense, superstitious: Theophrastus, char. 16 (22); Diodorus 1, 62; 4, 51; Plutarch, de adul. c. 16; de superstit. c. 10f Paul in the opening of his address to the Athenians, Act 17:22, calls them, with kindly ambiguity, κατά πάντα δεισιδαιμονεστέρους (namely, than the rest of the Greeks (Winer’s Grammar, 244 (229)), cf. Meyer at the passage), as being devout without the knowledge of the true God; cf. Bengel at the passage.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
δεισιδαίμων (too superstitious)
Acts 17:22
- KJV: Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars’ hill and said men of Athens I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious
- GK: σταθείς δε ο Παύλος εν μέσω του Αρείου έφη άνδρες Αθηναίοι κατά πάντα ως δεισιδαιμονεστέρους υμάς θεωρώ