King James Bible Dictionary

General references
Acts 25:19

Instances of:

Israelites, supposing that their defeat in battle with the Philistines was due to their not having brought with them the Ark of the Covenant
1 Samuel 4:3; 1 Samuel 4:10-11

Philistines, refusing to tread the threshold of the temple of Dagon after the image of Dagon had repeatedly fallen
1 Samuel 5:5

The belief of the Syrians concerning the help of the gods
1 Kings 20:23

Jews, attributing their calamities to having ceased offering sacrifices to the queen of heaven
Jeremiah 44:17-19

Nebuchadnezzar, supposing that the spirit of the gods was upon Daniel
Daniel 4:8-9

The sailors who cast Jonah into the sea
Jonah 1:4-16

The disciples, supposing they saw a spirit when Jesus came walking upon the sea
Matthew 14:26; Mark 6:49-50

Herod, imagining that John the Baptist had risen from the dead
Mark 6:14; Mark 6:16

The Gadarenes, on account of Jesus casting devils out of the Gadarene
Matthew 8:34

The disciples who were frightened at the appearance of Peter
Acts 12:14-15

The Ephesians, in their sorceries
Acts 19:13-19

The people of the island of Melita, in imagining Paul to be a god
Acts 28:6
Idolatry; Sorcery

SUPERSTI'TION, noun [Latin superstitio, supersto; super and sto, to stand.]

1. Excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; excess or extravagance in religion; the doing of things not required by God, or abstaining from things not forbidden; or the belief of what is absurd, or belief without evidence.

Superstition has reference to god, to religion, or to beings superior to man.

2. False religion; false worship.

3. Rite or practice proceeding from excess of scruples in religion. In this sense, it admits of a plural.

They the truth

With superstitions and traditions taint.

4. Excessive nicety; scrupulous exactness.

5. Belief in the direct agency of superior powers in certain extraordinary or singular events, or in omens and prognostics.

SUPERSTI'TIONIST, noun One addicted to superstition.