δειλός
deilos · fearful, cowardly
Greek word · Strong’s number G1169 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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deilos (δειλός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “fearful, cowardly”.
How to say it
dei·los
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Overcome by fear.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- afraid ×1
- as for the cowardly ×1
- cowards ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 8:26
And he says to them, “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.
- Mark 4:40
And he said to them, “Why are you cowards? Do you still not have faith?”
- Revelation 21:8
But as for the cowardly and unbelieving and detestable and murderers and the sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”