θρησκεία
thrēskeia · religion, worship
Greek word · Strong’s number G2356 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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thrēskeia (θρησκεία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “religion, worship”.
The outward way of serving God.
How to say it
thrēs·kei·a
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
- The visible way of honoring God, with its practices.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- religion ×3
- worship ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 26:5
since they have known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.
- Colossians 2:18
Let no one disqualify you, delighting in humility and the worship of angels, entering into what he has seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his flesh,
- James 1:26
If anyone thinks he is religious while not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
- James 1:27
Religion pure and undefiled before God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.