Strong's Concordance thréskos of unc. or.: religious. Original Word: θρῆσκος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: thréskos of unc. or. Phonetic Spelling: (thrace'-kos) Short Definition: religious Definition: (refers probably to a careful observance of religious restrictions), religious (probably in a limited sense), devout. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2357: θρησκόςθρησκός (T WH θρησκός, cf. (Tdf. Proleg., p. 101); Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 e.; Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch., p. 28), θρησκου, ὁ, fearing or worshipping God; religious (apparently from τρέω to tremble; hence, properly, trembling, fearful; cf. J. G. Müller in Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1835, p. 121; on the different conjectures of others, see Passow, under the word (Curtius, § 316 connects with θρα; hence, 'to adhere to,' 'be a votary of'; cf. Vanicek, p. 395)): James 1:26. (Cf. Trench, § xlviii.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance religious. Probably from the base of throeo; ceremonious in worship (as demonstrative), i.e. Pious -- religious. see GREEK throeo Forms and Transliterations θρησκος θρησκὸς θρήσκος threskos threskòs thrēskos thrēskòsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 23571 Occurrence θρησκὸς — 1 Occ. James 1:26 Adj-NMS GRK: τις δοκεῖ θρησκὸς εἶναι μὴ NAS: thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle KJV: seem to be religious, and bridleth not INT: anyone seems religious to be not |