δειλία

δειλία, -ας, ἡ

(δειλός), [in LXX for אֵימָה, מְחִתָּה, etc. ;]

cowardice, timidity (never in good sense): 2 Tim 1,7,†

SYN.: φόβος, fear, in general, good or bad; εὐλάβεια (which see), apprehension generally, but chiefly pious fear, "that careful and watchful reverence which pays regard to every circumstance in that with which it has to deal" (cf. Tr., Syn., § x).†