Strong G2356θρησκεία
religion
- Transliteration
- thrēskeia
- Pronunciation
- thrace-ki'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From a derivative of G2357; ceremonial observance: - religion worshipping.
Detailed definition
θρησκεία (-κία, T), -ας, ἡ
(θρῆσκος), [in LXX: Wis.14:18, 27, Sir.22:5 A, 4Ma.5:6 4Mac 5:13 *;]
religion in its external aspect (MM, Exp., xv), worship: Act.26:5, Jas.1:26-27; θ. τῶν ἀγγέλων, Col.2:18.†
SYN.: see: θρῆσκος (AS)
(θρῆσκος), [in LXX: Wis.14:18, 27, Sir.22:5 A, 4Ma.5:6 4Mac 5:13 *;]
religion in its external aspect (MM, Exp., xv), worship: Act.26:5, Jas.1:26-27; θ. τῶν ἀγγέλων, Col.2:18.†
SYN.: see: θρῆσκος (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2356 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- religion3
- worship1
First verses
- Acts 26:5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
- Colossians 2:18Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
- James 1:26If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
- James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
θρησκ-εία,
Ionic dialect θρησκ-είη, ἡ, (θρησκεύω) religious worship, cult, ritual, ἡ περὶ τὰ ἱρὰ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.18, “IG” 12(5).141.5 (Paros, 3rd c.BC), 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.9.3, etc.; τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος “SIG” 801 D (Delph., 1st c.AD); ἡ περί τινος θ. [prev. work] 867.48 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD))]: plural, rites, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.63, “PGnom.” 185 (2nd c.AD), Wilcken “Chr.” 72 (3rd c.AD).)]
2 religion, service of God, [LXX+NT (LXX.Wis.14.18, NT.Act.26.5, NT.Jam.1.26; θ. τοῦ θεοῦ μία ἐστί, μὴ εἶναι κακόν “Corpus Hermeticum” 12 near the end)]; ἑκατέρα θ., i.e. Christianity and Paganism, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 5.69c)]; θ. τῶν ἀγγέλων worshipping of angels, [NT (NT.Col.2.18.)]
3 in bad sense, religious formalism, ἀντὶ ὁσιότητος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.195)]; θ. βιωτική vulgar superstition, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.4.)]
Ionic dialect θρησκ-είη, ἡ, (θρησκεύω) religious worship, cult, ritual, ἡ περὶ τὰ ἱρὰ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.18, “IG” 12(5).141.5 (Paros, 3rd c.BC), 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 17.9.3, etc.; τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος “SIG” 801 D (Delph., 1st c.AD); ἡ περί τινος θ. [prev. work] 867.48 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD))]: plural, rites, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.63, “PGnom.” 185 (2nd c.AD), Wilcken “Chr.” 72 (3rd c.AD).)]
2 religion, service of God, [LXX+NT (LXX.Wis.14.18, NT.Act.26.5, NT.Jam.1.26; θ. τοῦ θεοῦ μία ἐστί, μὴ εἶναι κακόν “Corpus Hermeticum” 12 near the end)]; ἑκατέρα θ., i.e. Christianity and Paganism, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 5.69c)]; θ. τῶν ἀγγέλων worshipping of angels, [NT (NT.Col.2.18.)]
3 in bad sense, religious formalism, ἀντὶ ὁσιότητος [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.195)]; θ. βιωτική vulgar superstition, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.4.)]