θρησκ-εία,
Ion. θρησκ-είη, ἡ, (θρησκεύω)
1. religious worship, cult, ritual, ἡ περὶ τὰ ἱρὰ θ. Hdt. 2.18, IG 12(5).141.5 (Paros, iii B.C.), J. AJ 17.9.3, etc.; τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος SIG 801 D (Delph., i A.D.); ἡ περί τινος θ. ib. 867.48 (Ephesus, ii A.D.): pl., rites, Hdt. 2.37, D.H. 2.63, PGnom. 185 (ii A.D.), Wilcken Chr. 72 (iii A.D.).
2. religion, service of God, LXX Wi. 14.18, [Act 26:5], [Jas 1:26]; θ. τοῦ θεοῦ μία ἐστί, μὴ εἶναι κακόν Corp.Herm. 12 fin.; ἑκατέρα θ., i.e. Christianity and Paganism, Them. Or. 5.69c; θ. τῶν ἀγγέλων worshipping of angels, [Col 2:18].
3. in bad sense, religious formalism, ἀντὶ ὁσιότητος Ph. 1.195; θ. βιωτική vulgar superstition, Sor. 1.4.
θρησκεία thrēskeia 4x
religious worship, [Col 2:18];
religion, a religious system, [Act 26:5];
religion, piety, [Jas 1:26-27]
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, [Jam 1:26]f; with the genitive of the object (Winer's Grammar, 187 (176)) τῶν ἀγγέλων, [Col 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, [Act 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.).
**† θρησκεία
(- κία , T ), - ας , ἡ
( < θρῆσκος ),
[in LXX : Wis 14:18 ; Wis 14:27 , Sir 22:5 A, 4Ma 5:6 ; 4Ma 5:13 * ;]
religion in its external aspect ( MM , Exp., xv), worship: [Act 26:5], [Jas 1:26-27]; θ . τῶν ἀγγέλων , [Col 2:18]. †
SYN.: see θρῆσκος G2357.