Dictionary entry

δεισιδαίμων

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* δεισι-δαίμων, -ον

(< δείδω, to fear; δαίμων, deity)

reverent to the deity, religious; compar. -μονεστέρους (AV, too superstitious, R, txt., somewhat superstitious, a sense in wh. the word is sometimes used; cf. Field, Notes, 125), more religious, God fearing, than others, quite religious (Abbott, Essays, 105 ff.; Deiss., LAE, 285): Ac 17:22.†

SYN.: εὐσεβής (q.v.), θεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (Cremer, 681; DB, ext., 142 a).