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Lexicon :: Strong's G2356 - thrēskeia

Aa
θρησκεία
Transliteration
thrēskeia (Key)
Pronunciation
thrace-ki'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of θρησκός (G2357)
mGNT
4x in 3 unique form(s) TR
4x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:155,337

Strong’s Definitions

θρησκεία thrēskeía, thrace-ki'-ah; from a derivative of G2357; ceremonial observance:—religion, worshipping.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2356 in the following manner: religion (3x), worshipping (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2356 in the following manner: religion (3x), worshipping (1x).

  1. religious worship

    1. esp. external, that which consists of ceremonies

      1. religious discipline, religion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θρησκεία thrēskeía, thrace-ki'-ah; from a derivative of G2357; ceremonial observance:—religion, worshipping.
STRONGS G2356:
θρησκεία Tdf. θρησκια (see Iota) (a later word; Ionic θρησκιη in Herodotus (2, 18. 37)), θρησκείας, ἡ (from θρησκεύω, and this from θρησκός, which see; hence, apparently primarily fear of the gods); religious worship, especially external, that which consists in ceremonies: hence, in plural θρησκιας ἐπιτελεῖν μυριάς, Herodotus 2, 37; καθιστας ἁγνείας τέ καί θρησκείας καί καθαρμους, Dionysius Halicarnassus 2, 63; universally, religious worship, James 1:26f; with the genitive of the object (Winer's Grammar, 187 (176)) τῶν ἀγγέλων, Colossians 2:18 (τῶν εἰδώλων, Wis. 14:27; τῶν δαιμον´ων, Eusebius, h. e. 6, 41, 2; τῶν θεῶν, ibid. 9, 9, 14; τοῦ Θεοῦ, Herodian, 4, 8, 17 (7 edition, Bekker); often in Josephus (cf. Krebs, Observations, etc., p. 339f); Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 45, 7 [ET]); religious discipline, religion: ἡμετέρα θρησκεία, of Judaism, Acts 26:5 (τήν ἐμήν θρησκειαν καταλιπών, put into the mouth of God by Josephus, Antiquities 8, 11, 1; with the genitive of the subjunctive τῶν Ἰουδαίων, 4 Macc. 5:6, 13 (12); Josephus, Antiquities 12, 5, 4; θρησκεία κοσμικη, i. e. worthy to be embraced by all nations, a world religion, b. j. 4, 5, 2; piety, περί τόν Θεόν, Antiquities 1, 13, 1; κατά τήν ἔμφυτον θρησκειαν τῶν βαρβάρων πρός τό βασιλικόν ὄνομα, Chariton 7, 6, p. 165, 18 edition, Reiske; of the reverence of Antiochus the Pious for the Jewish religion, Josephus, Antiquities 13, 8, 2). Cf. Grimm on 4 Macc. 5:6; (especially Trench, § xlviii.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
26:5
Colossians
2:18
James
1:26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2356 matches the Greek θρησκεία (thrēskeia),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:5 - They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:18 - Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:26 - If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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