Strong G2151εὐσεβέω
to show piety
- Transliteration
- eusebeō
- Pronunciation
- yoo-seb-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2152; to be pious that is (towards God) to worship or (towards parents) to respect (support): - show piety worship.
Detailed definition
εὐ-σεβέω, -ῶ
(εὐσεβής, which see), [in LXX: Dan LXX Sus 1:64, 4Ma.9:6 אR, 4Ma.11:5 4Mac 11:8 4Mac 11:23 4Mac 18:2 *;]
to reverence, show piety towards; with accusative (elsewhere more frequently before εἰς., περί, πρός): οἶκον, 1Ti.5:4; θεόν, Act.17:23 (Cremer, 525).†
(AS)
(εὐσεβής, which see), [in LXX: Dan LXX Sus 1:64, 4Ma.9:6 אR, 4Ma.11:5 4Mac 11:8 4Mac 11:23 4Mac 18:2 *;]
to reverence, show piety towards; with accusative (elsewhere more frequently before εἰς., περί, πρός): οἶκον, 1Ti.5:4; θεόν, Act.17:23 (Cremer, 525).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2151 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shew1
- worship1
First verses
- Acts 17:23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
- 1 Timothy 5:4But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
εὐσεβ-έω,
live or act piously or reverently, absolutely, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 145, “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.8 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1350, etc.)]; εἴς τινα towards one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 731; περί τινα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1148; περὶ θεούς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193a; πρὸς τὸν θεόν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 567; πρὸς θεούς “Anthologia Graeca” 10.107 (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus); εὐ. τὰ πρὸς θεούς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1441; τὰ περὶ τοὺς θεούς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.2)]; of outward acts of service, θύουσα καὶ εὐσεβοῦσα τοῖς θεοῖς [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 112 (a). 4 (3rd c.AD))]; εὐ. θεούς to reverence them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 338 (nisi to be read εὖ σέβειν); εὐσεβήσασαν τὴν θεόν “BCH” 44.77 (from Lagina):)] —passive, εὐσεβεῖσθαι to be reverenced, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.201)]; of a duty, to be reverently discharged, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 364c.)]
live or act piously or reverently, absolutely, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 145, “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.8 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1350, etc.)]; εἴς τινα towards one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 731; περί τινα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1148; περὶ θεούς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193a; πρὸς τὸν θεόν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 567; πρὸς θεούς “Anthologia Graeca” 10.107 (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus); εὐ. τὰ πρὸς θεούς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1441; τὰ περὶ τοὺς θεούς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.2)]; of outward acts of service, θύουσα καὶ εὐσεβοῦσα τοῖς θεοῖς [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“PRyl.” 112 (a). 4 (3rd c.AD))]; εὐ. θεούς to reverence them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 338 (nisi to be read εὖ σέβειν); εὐσεβήσασαν τὴν θεόν “BCH” 44.77 (from Lagina):)] —passive, εὐσεβεῖσθαι to be reverenced, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.3.11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.201)]; of a duty, to be reverently discharged, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 364c.)]