Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
timid
Usage: δειλός, -ή, όν (δέος), [in LXX for רַךְ, etc. ;] cowardly, fearful: Mat.8:26, Mrk.4:40, Rev.21:8.† (AS)
Deilos means “fearful” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H1169 — beel in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G1169 δειλός (deilos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. deilos (dei-los') adj. 1. timid 2. (by implication) faithless It has 21 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include fearful. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
deilos (dei-los') adj. 1. timid 2. (by implication) faithless [from deos "dread"] KJV: fearful
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timid
Usage: δειλός, -ή, όν (δέος), [in LXX for רַךְ, etc. ;] cowardly, fearful: Mat.8:26, Mrk.4:40, Rev.21:8.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render deilos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G1169 (δειλός) appears 18 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
3 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
10 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Jethro having seen all that Moses did to the people, says, What is this that thou doest to the people? wherefore sittest thou alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning till evening?
And the scribes shall speak further to the people, and say, What man is he that fears and is cowardly in his heart? Let him go and return to his house, lest he make the heart of his brother fail, as his own.
And now speak in the ears of the people, saying, Who is afraid and fearful? let him turn and depart from Mount Gilead: and there returned of the people twenty-two thousand, and ten thousand were left.
8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
But as for such as were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, those he commanded that they should return, every man to his own house, according to the law.
And Jonathan knew that there was an ambushment behind him; for they had compassed in his host, and cast darts at the people, from morning till evening.
And when they cast up the account of their sins, they shall come with fear: And their own iniquities shall convince them to their face.
First 21 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1169.
And Jethro having seen all that Moses did to the people, says, What is this that thou doest to the people? wherefore sittest thou alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning till evening?
And the scribes shall speak further to the people, and say, What man is he that fears and is cowardly in his heart? Let him go and return to his house, lest he make the heart of his brother fail, as his own.
And now speak in the ears of the people, saying, Who is afraid and fearful? let him turn and depart from Mount Gilead: and there returned of the people twenty-two thousand, and ten thousand were left.
And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith; and Abimelech hired for himself vain and cowardly men, and they went after him.
And David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I shall not on any account sit down to eat, but thou shalt let me go, and I will hide in the plain till the evening.
And David came upon them, and smote them from the morning till the evening, and on the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were mounted on camels, and fled.
And they lamented, and wept, and fasted till evening, for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Judah, and for the house of Israel, because they were smitten with the sword.
and there are gathered to him pestilent men, transgressors, and he has risen up against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, while Rehoboam was young and fearful in heart, and he withstood him not.
Joy and gladness have been utterly swept off the land of Moab: and though there was wine in thy presses, in the morning they trod it not, neither in the evening did they raise the cry of joy.
And the sea coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall pasture upon them in the houses of Ashkelon; they shall rest in the evening because of the children of Judah; for the Lord their God has visited them, and he will turn away their captivity.
And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
But as for such as were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, those he commanded that they should return, every man to his own house, according to the law.
And Jonathan knew that there was an ambushment behind him; for they had compassed in his host, and cast darts at the people, from morning till evening.
And when they cast up the account of their sins, they shall come with fear: And their own iniquities shall convince them to their face.
For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, And our devices are but uncertain.
They died for fear, Denying that they saw the air, which could of no side be avoided.
Woe be to fearful hearts, and faint hands, And the sinner that goeth two ways!
Pales set on a high place will never stand against the wind: So a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool cannot stand against any fear.
Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; Neither with a coward in matters of war; Nor with a merchant concerning exchange; Nor with a buyer of selling; Nor with an envious man of thankfulness; Nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; Nor with the slothful for any work; Nor with a hireling for a year of finishing work; Nor with an idle servant of much business: Hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1169, grouped by book.
Deilos (Strong's G1169) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fearful". deilos (dei-los') adj. 1. timid 2. (by implication) faithless
This page currently indexes 21 linked usages for Strong's G1169 across 14 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1169 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as fearful. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 10 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1169, with linked reader references where each row is available.