Quick Definition
δεισιδαιμονία, ας, ἡ n.f. religion in general, superstition
Strong's Definition
religion
Derivation: from the same as G1174 (δεισιδαιμονέστερος);
KJV Usage: superstition
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | δείδω + δαιμονίζομαι
53.2 · Religious Activities · Religious Practice
religion a set of beliefs concerning deity, with the implication of corresponding behavior
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δεισιδαιμονία, -ας, ἡ, (δεισιδαίμων), fear of the gods; 1. in ἃ good sense, reverence for the gods, piety, religion: Polyb. 6, 56, 7; Joseph. antt. 10, 3, 2; καὶ θεοφιλὴς βίος, Diod. 1, 70. 2. i. 4. ἡ δειλία πρὸς τὸ δαιμόνιον (Theophr. char. 16 (22) init. [ef. Jebb p. 263 sq.]); superstition : [Polyb. 12, 24,5]; Plut. [Sol. 12, 4]; Alex. 75, 1; de adulat. et am. 25, and in his Essay περὶ τῆς δεισιδαιμονίας; Antonin. 6, 30 θεοσεβὴς χωρὶς δεισιδαιμονίας. 3. religion, in an objective sense; in which sense Josephus, antt. 19, 5, 3, says Claudius commanded the Jews μὴ τὰς τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν δεισιδαιμονίας eEovdevitew. Festus in the presence of Agrippa the Jewish king employs the word ambiguously and cautiously, in Acts xxv. 19, of the Jewish religion, viz. so as to leave his own judgment concerning its truth in suspense. Cf. Zezschwitz, Profangriicitiit u. bibl. Sprachgeist, p. 59; [K. F. Hermann, Lehrb. d. gottesdienstl. Alterthiimer, 8 8 note 6; Trench § xlviii.; (ef. Kenrick, Bibl. Essays, 1864, p. 108 sqq-; Field, Otium Norv. iii. p. 80 sq.)].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δεισιδαιμονία deisidaimonia 1x
fear of the gods; in a bad sense, superstition; a form of religious belief, Acts 25:19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† δεισιδαιμονία, -ας, ἡ
(< δεισιδαίμων, q.v.);
fear of the gods;
piety, religion;
superstition.
Objectively, a religion: Ac 25:19 (Cremer, 72, 682).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δεισιδαιμονία. In OG/S 4554 (8.6. 39) ἃ tem; — enclosure of the goddess Aphrodite is declared ἄσυλον. αὐτῷ δικαίῳ ταὐτῇ τε δεισιδαιμονίᾳ, ‘‘eodem jure eademque religione” as the temple of Artemis at Ephesus. It is in this general sense of “religion,” without any pronouncement as to whether it was right or wrong, that the word is to be understood in Aci 2538:
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δεισιδαιμονία (deisidaimonia) — religion. δεισῐδαιμ-ονία, ἡ, fear of the gods, religious feeling, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
2. in bad sense, superstition, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; περὶ Δεισιδαιμονίας, title of work by [Refs 1st c.AD+]