CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1167. δειλία (deilia) -- Timidity, cowardice, fearfulness</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1167.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/hebrews/12-18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1167.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1167</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1166.htm" title="1166">◄</a> 1167. deilia <a href="../greek/1168.htm" title="1168">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">deilia: Timidity, cowardice, fearfulness</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">δειλία</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>deilia<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>day-lee'-ah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(di-lee'-ah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Timidity, cowardice, fearfulness<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>cowardice, timidity.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from δειλός (deilos), meaning "timid" or "fearful."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "deilia," similar concepts can be found in words like יִרְאָה (yirah, Strong's H3374), meaning "fear" or "reverence," and חֲרָדָה (charadah, Strong's H2731), meaning "trembling" or "anxiety."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "deilia" refers to a spirit of timidity or cowardice, often contrasted with the boldness and courage that comes from faith in God. It is used to describe a lack of confidence or fearfulness that hinders one's ability to act in faith and obedience.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, courage was highly valued, and timidity was often seen as a negative trait. The early Christians, living under the threat of persecution, were encouraged to exhibit boldness and courage in their faith. The concept of "deilia" would have been particularly relevant in this context, as believers were called to stand firm in their convictions despite external pressures.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 1167</b> <i>deilía</i> – timidity, reticence (used only in 2 Tim 1:7). <a href="/greek/1169.htm">See 1169</a> (<i>deilós</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1169.htm">deilos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>cowardice<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>timidity (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 1167: δειλία</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">δειλία</span></span>, <span class="greek2">δειλίας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">δειλός</span>), <span class="accented">timidity, fearfullness, cowardice</span>: <a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/1-7.htm">2 Timothy 1:7</a>. (<span class="abbreviation">Sophocles</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span>), <span class="abbreviation">Euripides</span>, (<span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span>), <span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span>, and subsequent writings.)<FOOTNOTE:1> [<span class="arttitle">SYNONYMS:</span> <span class="greek2">δειλία</span>, <span class="greek2">φόβος</span>, <span class="greek2">εὐλάβεια</span>: "of these three words the first is used always in a bad sense; the second is a middle term, capable of a good interpretation, capable of an evil, and lying pretty evenly between the two; the third is quite predominantly used in a good sense, though it too has not altogether escaped being employed in an evil." <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, § x, which see; cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">δέος</span></span>.] <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>fear. <p>From <a href="/greek/1169.htm">deilos</a>; timidity -- fear. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1169.htm">deilos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>δειλία δειλίαν δειλιάνη δειλιας δειλίας deilias deilías<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/2_timothy/1-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Timothy 1:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">θεὸς πνεῦμα <b>δειλίας</b> ἀλλὰ δυνάμεως</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_timothy/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> us a spirit <span class="itali">of timidity,</span> but of power<br><a href="/kjvs/2_timothy/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> us the spirit <span class="itali">of fear;</span> but of power,<br><a href="/interlinear/2_timothy/1-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> God a spirit <span class="itali">of cowardice</span> but of power<p><b><a href="/greek/1167.htm">Strong's Greek 1167</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1167.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/deilias_1167.htm">δειλίας — 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/1166.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1166"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1166" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1168.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1168"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1168" /></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>