Strong G2124εὐλάβεια
reverence
- Transliteration
- eulabeia
- Pronunciation
- yoo-lab'-i-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G2126; properly caution that is (religiously) reverence (piety); by implication dread (concretely): - fear (-ed).
Detailed definition
εὐλάβεια, -ας, ἡ
(εὐλαβής), [in LXX: Jer.22:24 (דְּאָגָה), Pro.28:14, Wis.17:8 *;]
1. caution, discretion (Soph., Plat., al.).
2. In later Gk. (Diod., Plut., al.), also reverence, godly fear: Heb.5:7 12:28.†
(AS)
(εὐλαβής), [in LXX: Jer.22:24 (דְּאָגָה), Pro.28:14, Wis.17:8 *;]
1. caution, discretion (Soph., Plat., al.).
2. In later Gk. (Diod., Plut., al.), also reverence, godly fear: Heb.5:7 12:28.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2124 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fear2
First verses
- Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
- Hebrews 12:28Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εὐλάβ-εια [λᾰ], ἡ,
Ionic dialect -ιη[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 118, Agathoin “PLG” ii 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]:— discretion, caution, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus [same place], Agathol.c., etc.; ἐσῴζετ᾽ ἂν τὴν -ειαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 994; personified in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 782; ἡ εὐ. σῴζει πάντα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 376)]; εὐλάβειαν ἔχειν μή.., ={εὐλαβεῖσθαι μή}.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321a)]; so εὐ. αὕτη.. τὸ μὴ νέους.. γεύεσθαι caution to preuent their tasting, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 539b)]; εὐλαβείας οὐ μικρᾶς δεῖται, εὐ. ἐστὶ πολλῆς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.262, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1269a14)]; εὐ. ποιητέον περί τινας[Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1315a17; δι᾽ εὐλαβείας ἔχειν ἀλλήλους 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.38)]; ἐπ᾽ εὐλαβεία.. προείρηται by way of caution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 539d)]; ἐπ᾽ εὐ. in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1024 is _falsa lectio_ for{ἐπ᾽ ἀβλ}., cf. Scholia (at [prev. work]))]
2 with genitive, caution or discretion in a thing, πολλὴ εὐ. τούτων ποιητέα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.11)]; εὐλάβειαι πληγῶν auoidance of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 815a; τῶν αἰσχρῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1121b24; ηὑλάβεια τῶν ποιουμένων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 116; εὐλάβειαν τῶνδε προυθέμην [prev. author] “El.” 1334)]; ἡ τῶν περιεχόντων εὐ. careful employment of.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 32.)]
3 reverence, piety, πρὸς or περὶ τὸ θεῖον, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.12, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 22 (but also πρός τινα 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.581))]: absolutely, godly fear, [NT (NT.Heb.5.7, 12.28)]; religious scruple, οὐδεμίαν εὐ. προορωμένων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 42.21 (2nd c.BC).)]
3.b astitle, ἡ σὴ εὐ. your reverence, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (PFlor. 73.7 (6th c.AD).)]
4 in bad sense, over-caution, timidity, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 1, 2.432e; εὐλαβίη γὰρ ἀπειρίη 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.2.)]
Ionic dialect -ιη[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 118, Agathoin “PLG” ii 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]:— discretion, caution, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus [same place], Agathol.c., etc.; ἐσῴζετ᾽ ἂν τὴν -ειαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 994; personified in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 782; ἡ εὐ. σῴζει πάντα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 376)]; εὐλάβειαν ἔχειν μή.., ={εὐλαβεῖσθαι μή}.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321a)]; so εὐ. αὕτη.. τὸ μὴ νέους.. γεύεσθαι caution to preuent their tasting, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 539b)]; εὐλαβείας οὐ μικρᾶς δεῖται, εὐ. ἐστὶ πολλῆς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.262, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1269a14)]; εὐ. ποιητέον περί τινας[Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1315a17; δι᾽ εὐλαβείας ἔχειν ἀλλήλους 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.38)]; ἐπ᾽ εὐλαβεία.. προείρηται by way of caution, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 539d)]; ἐπ᾽ εὐ. in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1024 is _falsa lectio_ for{ἐπ᾽ ἀβλ}., cf. Scholia (at [prev. work]))]
2 with genitive, caution or discretion in a thing, πολλὴ εὐ. τούτων ποιητέα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.11)]; εὐλάβειαι πληγῶν auoidance of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 815a; τῶν αἰσχρῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1121b24; ηὑλάβεια τῶν ποιουμένων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 116; εὐλάβειαν τῶνδε προυθέμην [prev. author] “El.” 1334)]; ἡ τῶν περιεχόντων εὐ. careful employment of.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3 “fragment” 32.)]
3 reverence, piety, πρὸς or περὶ τὸ θεῖον, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.12, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 22 (but also πρός τινα 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.581))]: absolutely, godly fear, [NT (NT.Heb.5.7, 12.28)]; religious scruple, οὐδεμίαν εὐ. προορωμένων [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 42.21 (2nd c.BC).)]
3.b astitle, ἡ σὴ εὐ. your reverence, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (PFlor. 73.7 (6th c.AD).)]
4 in bad sense, over-caution, timidity, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 1, 2.432e; εὐλαβίη γὰρ ἀπειρίη 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.2.)]