STRONGS NUMBER G1168


Word Summary
deiliaō: to be cowardly
Original Word: δειλιάω
Transliteration: deiliaō
Phonetic Spelling: (di-lee-ah'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be cowardly
Meaning: to be cowardly
Strong's Concordance
be afraid.

From deilia; to be timid -- be afraid.

see GREEK deilia

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1168: δειλιάω

δειλιάω, δειλιω; (δειλία, which see); to be timid, fearful: John 14:27. (Deuteronomy 31:6; Deuteronomy 1:21 and often in the Sept.; Sir. 22:16 Sir. 31:16 (Sir. 34:16); 4 Macc. 14:4. Diodorus 20, 78. The Greeks prefer the compound ἀποδειλιω.)