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qrhskeiva qrhskeiva Tdf.
qrhskia (see Iota) (a later word; Ionic
qrhskih in Herodotus (2, 18. 37)),
qrhskeiva",
hJ (from
qrhskeuvw, and this from
qrhskov", which see; hence, apparently primarily fear of the gods); religious worship, especially external, that which consists in ceremonies: hence, in plural
qrhskia"
ejpitelei'n
muriav", Herodotus 2, 37;
kaqista"
aJgneiva"
tev
kaiv
qrhskeiva"
kaiv
kaqarmou", Dionysius Halicarnassus 2, 63; universally, religious worship, f; with the genitive of the object (Winer's Grammar, 187 (176))
tw'n
ajggevlwn, (
tw'n
eijdwvlwn, Sap. ;
tw'n
daimonvwn, Eusebius, h. e. 6, 41, 2;
tw'n
qew'n, ibid. 9, 9, 14;
tou'
Qeou', Herodian, 4, 8, 17 (7 edition, Bekker); often in Josephus (cf. Krebs, Observations, etc., p. 339f); Clement of Rome, , ); religious discipline, religion:
hJmetevra
qrhskeiva, of Judaism, (
thvn
ejmhvn
qrhskeian
katalipwvn, put into the mouth of God by Josephus, Antiquities 8, 11, 1; with the genitive of the subjunctive
tw'n
!Ioudaivwn, , (12); Josephus, Antiquities 12, 5, 4;
qrhskeiva
kosmikh, i. e. worthy to be embraced by all nations, a world religion, b. j. 4, 5, 2; piety,
periv
tovn
Qeovn, Antiquities 1, 13, 1;
katav
thvn
e[mfuton
qrhskeian
tw'n
barbavrwn
prov"
tov
basilikovn
o[noma, Chariton 7, 6, p. 165, 18 edition, Reiske; of the reverence of Antiochus the Pious for the Jewish religion, Josephus, Antiquities 13, 8, 2). Cf. Grimm on ; (especially Trench, sec. xlviii.).*