Word Summary
deiliaō: to be cowardly
Original Word: δειλιάωTransliteration: 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: δειλιάωδειλιάω,
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.)