Quick Definition
δειλιάω v. I shrink, am fearful
Strong's Definition
to be timid
Derivation: from G1167 (δειλία);
KJV Usage: be afraid
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | δείδω (be afraid, fear) · δειλία · δειλός · δεινός · δεινῶς · δέος
25.267 · Attitudes and Emotions · Fear, Terror, Alarm
to be cowardly, to lack courage to be fearful and cowardly
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δειλιάω, -@; (δειλία, q. v.) ; to be timid, fearful: Jn. xiv. 27. (Deut. xxxi. 6; i. 21 and often in Sept. ; Sir. xxii. 16; xxxi. (xxxiv.) 16; 4 Mace. xiv. 4. Diod. 20, 78. The Greeks prefer the comp. ἀποδειλιῶ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δειλιάω deiliaō 1x
to be timid, be in fear, Jn. 14:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† δειλιάω, -ῶ
(< δειλία), [in LXX for חתת ni., פּחד, etc. ;]
= the more freq. ἀποδ-, to be cowardly, timid, fearful: Jo 14:27.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δειλιάω. In P Par 68°-4 a person condemned to death writes to - ~ | the Emperor—éml τοῦτον δὲ πορευόμενος οὐ δειλιάσω σοι |
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δειλιάω (deiliaō) — be timid. δειλιάω, to be afraid, [LXX+1st c.BC+]