Lexical Summary deilos: cowardly, fearful Original Word: δειλόςTransliteration: deilos Phonetic Spelling: (di-los') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: cowardly, fearful Meaning: cowardly, fearful Strong's Concordance fearful. From deos (dread); timid, i.e. (by implication) faithless -- fearful. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1169: δειλόςδειλός, δείλη, δειλόν (δείδω to fear), timid, fearful: Matthew 8:28; Mark 4:40; in Revelation 21:8 of Christians who through cowardice give way under persecutions and apostatize. (From Homer down.) |