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Lexicon :: Strong's G1479 - ethelothrēskia

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ἐθελοθρησκία
Transliteration
ethelothrēskia (Key)
Pronunciation
eth-el-oth-race-ki'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 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

†ἐθελοθρησκεία ethelothrēskeía, eth-el-oth-race-ki'-ah; from G2309 and G2356; voluntary (arbitrary and unwarranted) piety, i.e. sanctimony:—will worship.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G1479 in the following manner: will worship (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G1479 in the following manner: will worship (1x).

  1. voluntary, arbitrary worship

    1. worship which one prescribes and devises for himself, contrary to the contents and nature of faith which ought to be directed to Christ

    2. said of the misdirected zeal and the practice of ascetics

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἐθελοθρησκεία ethelothrēskeía, eth-el-oth-race-ki'-ah; from G2309 and G2356; voluntary (arbitrary and unwarranted) piety, i.e. sanctimony:—will worship.
STRONGS G1479:
ἐθελοθρησκεία [T WH -κία, see Ι, ι], -ας, ἡ, (from ἐθέλω and θρησκεία, which see [cf. Winers Grammar, 100 (95)]), voluntary, arbitrary worship, (Vulg. superstitio), [A. V. will-worship], i. e. worship which one devises and prescribes for himself, contrary to the contents and nature of the faith which ought to be directed to Christ; said of the misdirected zeal and practices of ascetics: Colossians 2:23; Suidas ἐθελοθρησκεῖ· ἰδίῳ θελήματι σέβει τὸ δοκοῦν. Cf. ἐθελόδουλος, ἐθελοδουλεία, ἐθελοπρόξενος, one who acts the part of a proxenus without having been appointed to the office, etc. The explanation of others: simulated, counterfeit religion (cf. in Greek lexicons ἐθελοφιλόσοφος, ἐθελόκωφος, etc.), does not square so well with the context. (The word is found besides in Mansi, Collect. Concil. vol. iv., p. 1380, and in Theodoret, vol. iv., epistle 161, p. [1460 b., Migne edition] 1331, Halle edition; [Eusebius, h. e. 6, 12, 1; Jerome, epistle 121, vol. 1:1034, Migne edition]. Epiphanius haer. 1, 16 [i., p. 318, 3rd edition, Dindorf] attributes ἐθελοπερισσοθρησκεία to the Pharisees.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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Colossians
2:23

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Strong's Number G1479 matches the Greek ἐθελοθρησκία (ethelothrēskia),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:23 - These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
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