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It implies a focus on the external observance of religious duties and rituals.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, religion was often characterized by public rituals, sacrifices, and ceremonies. Being "thrēskos" would have been associated with the visible and communal aspects of religious life. In the Jewish context, it could relate to the observance of the Law and traditional practices. The early Christian community, while valuing genuine faith, often critiqued mere external religiosity that lacked true spiritual transformation.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>religious<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>religious (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2357: θρησκός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">θρησκός</span></span> (<span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span> <span class="greek2">θρησκός</span>, cf. (<span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> Proleg., p. 101); <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 6, 1 e.; <span class="abbreviation">Lipsius</span>, Grammat. Untersuch., p. 28), <span class="greek2">θρησκου</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span>, <span class="accented">fearing or worshipping God; religious</span> (apparently from <span class="greek2">τρέω</span> to tremble; hence, properly, <span class="accented">trembling, fearful</span>; cf. J. G. Müller in Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1835, p. 121; on the different conjectures of others, see <span class="abbreviation">Passow</span>, under the word (<span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, § 316 connects with <span class="greek2">θρα</span>; hence, 'to adhere to,' 'be a votary of'; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Vanicek</span>, p. 395)): <a href="/interlinear/james/1-26.htm">James 1:26</a>. (Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, § xlviii.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>religious. <p>Probably from the base of <a href="/greek/2360.htm">throeo</a>; ceremonious in worship (as demonstrative), i.e. Pious -- religious. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2360.htm">throeo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>θρησκος θρησκὸς θρήσκος threskos threskòs thrēskos thrēskòs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/james/1-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">James 1:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular">Adj-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/james/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τις δοκεῖ <b>θρησκὸς</b> εἶναι μὴ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/james/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> thinks <span class="itali">himself to be religious,</span> and yet does not bridle<br><a href="/kjvs/james/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> seem to be <span class="itali">religious,</span> and bridleth not<br><a href="/interlinear/james/1-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> anyone seems <span class="itali">religious</span> to be not<p><b><a href="/greek/2357.htm">Strong's Greek 2357</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2357.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/thre_skos_2357.htm">θρησκὸς — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2356.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2356"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2356" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2358.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2358"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2358" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>