δειλός
deilos
“timid”
Definition
timid, i.e. (by implication) faithless
from (dread);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
G:A
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
δειλός appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“You of little faith,” Jesus replied, “why are you so afraid?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was perfectly calm.
“Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
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