G2357

θρησκός

thrēskosG:A

religious

θρῆσκος (-κός, WH), -ον, ό religious, careful of the outward forms of divine service (see previous word)): Jas.1:26.† SYN.: εὐσεβής, θεοσεβής, δεισιδαίμων (see Tr., Syn., § xlviii) (AS)

The KJV translates G2357 in the following manner:

religious (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

θρησκός — thrēskós

θρησκός (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)): Jas 1:26. (Cf. Trench, § xlviii.)

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