ΔΕΙΛΊΑ

ΔΕΙΛΊΑ: δειλία, -ας, ἡ [ (< δειλός), [in LXX for אֵימָה, מְחִתָּה, etc. ;] ] cowardice, timidity (never in good sense): II Ti 1:7.† SYN.: φόβος, fear, in general, good or bad; εὐλάβεια (q.v.), apprehension generally, but chiefly pious fear, "that careful and watchful reverence which pays regard to every circumstance in that with which it has to deal" (cf. Tr., Syn., § x).†