Greek noun (feminine) · G2356
θρησκεία
threskeiathrace-ki'-ah
religion
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: thrēskeía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2356is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2356
ceremonial observance
The King James renders it: religion, worshipping.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
threskeia is rendered "religion". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in James, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 26:5They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
Acts 26:5θρησκείας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in James.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- religion3
- worship1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| θρησκός | threskos | religious | Uses1 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- θρησκεία2
- θρησκείᾳ1
- θρησκείας1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2N-NSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
Acts
one use
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
- θρησκείαςthreskeiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: religion
Colossians
one use
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind.
- θρησκείᾳthreskeianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: worship
James
two uses
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
- θρησκείαthreskeianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: religion
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
- θρησκείαthreskeianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Religion
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.