Lexicon ethelothréskia: self-willed (arbitrary and unwarranted) piety Original Word: ἐθελοθρησκεία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ethelothréskia Phonetic Spelling: (eth-el-oth-race-ki'-ah) Short Definition: arbitrary worship Definition: arbitrary worship, self-imposed worship. HELPS word-Studies 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). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an older form of theló and thréskeiaDefinitionself-willed (arbitrary and unwarranted) piety NASB Translationself-made religion (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1479: ἐθελοθρησκείαἐθελοθρησκεία ( T WH ἐθελοθρησκία, see Iota), ἐθελοθρησκειας, ἡ (from ἐθέλω and θρησκεία, which see (cf. Winers Grammar, 100 (95))), voluntary, arbitrary worship, ( Vulg.superstitio) ( A. V. will-worship), i. e. worship which one devises and prescribes for himself, contrary to the contents and nature of the faith which ought to be directed to Christ; said of the misdirected zeal and practices of ascetics: Colossians 2:23; Suidas ἐθελοθρησκει. ἰδίῳ θελήματι σεβει τό δοκοῦν. Cf. ἐθελόδουλος, ἐθελοδουλεία, ἐθελοπρόξενος, one who acts the part of a proxenus without having been appointed to the office, etc. The explanation of others: simulated, counterfeit religion (cf. in Greek lexicons, ἐθελοφιλοσοφος, ἐθελοκωφος, etc.), does not square so well with the context. (The word is found besides in Mansi, Collect. Concil. vol. iv., p. 1380, and in Theodoret, vol. iv., epistle clxi., p. (1460 b., Migne edition) 1831, Halle edition; ( Eusebius, h. e. 6, 12, 1; Jerome, epistle 121, vol. 1,1031, Migne edition). Epiphanius haer. 1, 16 (i., p. 318, 3rd edition, Dindorf) attributes ἐθελοπερισσοθρησκεια to the Pharisees.)
Strong's voluntary worship. From ethelo and threskeia; voluntary (arbitrary and unwarranted) piety, i.e. Sanctimony -- will worship. see GREEK ethelo see GREEK threskeia |
