A Catechetical Perspective on Scripture and Other Faith Issues
![[Greek] δειλιάω (deiliaō), [Latin] formidare, [French] redouter](https://i0.wp.com/resoundingthefaith.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/deiliao.jpg?resize=642%2C300&ssl=1 "[Greek] δειλιάω (deiliaō), [Latin] formidare, [French] redouter")
[Greek] δειλιάω (deiliaō), [Latin] formidare, [French] redouter: to be cowardly, to be fearful, to be timid; Jn.14:27 The blind Oedipus commending his children to the gods: painting by Beningne Gagneraux (1784). Oedipus willingly blinds himself to prevent himself from seeing…
[Greek] θαρσέω (tharseō), [Latin] confidere, [Latin] habere fiduciam, [Latin] constans esto: to take courage, to be of good courage, to cheer up, to take heart; Mt. 9:2,22, Mt.14:27, Mk.6:50, Mk.10:49, Lk.8:48, Jn.16:33, Acts 23:11 Jesus Walks on Water: painting by…
[Greek] ἀπαλλοτριόω (apallotrioō), [Latin] alienare: to alienate, to estrange, to exclude, to be a foreigner; Eph.2:12, Eph.4:18, Col.1:21 Background information: Greek Hellenism: This term means to estrange, to alienate, to separate, to alter, and to remove. Polybius’ Histories 1.79.6 states…
[Greek] ἀπαλγέω (apalgeō), [Latin] desperare: to cease to feel pain, to be callous, to become apathetic, to lose feeling of shame, to be past feeling; Eph.4:19 Background information: Greek Hellenism: This term means to put away sorrow for and to…
[Greek] φιμόω (phimoō), [Latin] mutescere, [Latin] tacere, [Latin] alligare: to say nothing, to muzzle, to put to silence, to cease to make a sound; Mt.22:12,34, Mk.1:25, Mk.4:39, Lk.4:35, 1Cor.9:9, 1Tim.5:18, 1Pet.2:15 Like the disciples (Mk. 4:39), many of us are…
[Greek] ἡσυχάζω (hēsychazō), [Latin] tacere, [Latin] siluere, [Latin] quiescere, [French] reposer: to rest, to live a quiet life, to remain quiet, to keep still, to hold one’s peace; Lk.14:4, Lk.23:56, Acts 11:18, Acts 21:14, 1Thess.4:11 St. Peter Martyr of Verona…