ethelothréskia: self-willed (arbitrary and unwarranted) piety Original Word: ἐθελοθρησκεία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: ethelothréskia
Phonetic Spelling: (eth-el-oth-race-ki'-ah)
Short Definition: arbitrary worship
Definition: arbitrary worship, self-imposed worship.
1479 ethelothrēskeía (from 2309 /thélō, "desire" and 2356 /thrēskeía, "religion") – properly, self-willed religion, defined by the desires of the human will – which amounts to nothing! This form of "worship," which is accomplished "by self" (Souter), is merely a "will-worship," exalting the worshiper at God's expense (used only in Col 2:23). Word Origin
from an older form of theló and thréskeia
Definition
self-willed (arbitrary and unwarranted) piety
NASB Word Usage
self-made religion (1).NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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All rights reserved Lockman.org voluntary worship. From ethelo and threskeia; voluntary (arbitrary and unwarranted) piety, i.e. Sanctimony -- will worship. see GREEK ethelo see GREEK threskeia
με — 293 Occ.
μοι — 225 Occ.
μου — 567 Occ.
ἐδαφιοῦσίν — 1 Occ.
ἔδαφος — 1 Occ.
ἑδραῖοι — 2 Occ.
ἑδραῖος — 1 Occ.
ἑδραίωμα — 1 Occ.
Ἑζεκίαν — 1 Occ.
Ἑζεκίας — 1 Occ.
εἰθισμένον — 1 Occ.
ἐθνάρχης — 1 Occ.
ἐθνικῶν — 1 Occ.
ἐθνικοὶ — 2 Occ.
ἐθνικὸς — 1 Occ.
ἐθνικῶς — 1 Occ.
ἔθνη — 53 Occ.
ἔθνει — 7 Occ.
ἔθνεσιν — 32 Occ.
ἐθνῶν — 46 Occ.
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