Strong G2152εὐσεβής
pious
- Transliteration
- eusebēs
- Pronunciation
- yoo-seb-ace'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
εὐσεβής, -ές
(εὖ, σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pro.12:12, Isa.24:16 26:7 (צַדִּיק), Mic.7:2 (חָסִיד), Isa.32:8 (נָדִיב), and frequently in Sirach and 4Maccabees;]
pious, godly, devout: Act.10:2, 7, 2Pe.2:9.†
SYN.: θεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (see Tr., Syn., § xlviii; DB, ii, 221 f.; Cremer, 524 f., 858) (AS)
(εὖ, σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pro.12:12, Isa.24:16 26:7 (צַדִּיק), Mic.7:2 (חָסִיד), Isa.32:8 (נָדִיב), and frequently in Sirach and 4Maccabees;]
pious, godly, devout: Act.10:2, 7, 2Pe.2:9.†
SYN.: θεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (see Tr., Syn., § xlviii; DB, ii, 221 f.; Cremer, 524 f., 858) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2152 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- devout3
- godly1
First verses
- Acts 10:2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
- Acts 10:7And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
- Acts 22:12And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
- 2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
εὐσεβ-ής, ές
(dative plural - σεβέοις [Refs (“IG” 5(1).1390.5 (from Andania)))], (σέβω) pious, religious, opposed to δυσσεβής (which see), [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1141, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.141, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.41; τρόπος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 457 (Lyric poetry))]: not common in early Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 6D., 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 39e)]; dutiful, especially discharging sacred duties, πρός or ἔς τινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 340, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 253)]; ἀνὴρ εὐ. (variant{εὐλαβής}) κατὰ τὸν νόμον [NT (NT.Act.22.12; εὐ. καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν [prev. work] 10.2: with _accusative_ modi, -εστέρα χεῖρα)] more righteous in act, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 141; εὐσεβεῖς κἀξ εὐσεβῶν βλαστόντας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 589)]; ὁ τῶν εὐσεβῶν χῶρος, of a place in the nether world, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 371c)]; ἐν εὐσεβέων (i.e. χώρῳ) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 12, compare “Sammelb.” 2048 (ii b.c.).)]
b Astrology texts, αἱ τῶν εὐσεβῶν μοῖραι [Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).227.)]
2 as epithet of Emperors, = Pius, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 3.91 (3rd c.AD), +others, “PGrenf.” 1.49.28 (3rd c.AD), “PHamb.” 1.13.2 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]; especially of Antoninus Pius, [Refs (“IGRom.” 3.1293, +others)]
2.b of taxes, etc., due to the Emperor, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“BGU” 917.15 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
3 metaphorically, of a piece of land, dutiful, i.e. productive, ἀγρὸν -έστερον γεωργεῖν οὐδ᾽ ἕνα οἶμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 35.)]
II ofacts, things, etc., holy, sacred, ταῦτά μοὐστὶν εὐσεβῆ θεῶν πάρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 122; εὐ. χρηστηριον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1272)]; ἐν εὐσεβεῖ [ἐστι] c.infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hel.” 1277)]; τὸ εὐ., ={εὐσέβεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1125, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 43)]; τὸ ὑμέτερον εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.96)]; τοὐμὸν εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 656)]; τιτῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐσεβῶν παραβαίνειν Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.157.)]
III adverb εὐσεβέως, Attic dialect -βῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.79, etc.)]; εὐσεβῶς ἔχει, for εὐσεβές ἐστι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1431, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.212)]: comparative -έστερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.16)]: superlative -έστατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.33.)]
(dative plural - σεβέοις [Refs (“IG” 5(1).1390.5 (from Andania)))], (σέβω) pious, religious, opposed to δυσσεβής (which see), [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1141, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.141, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.41; τρόπος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 457 (Lyric poetry))]: not common in early Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 6D., 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 39e)]; dutiful, especially discharging sacred duties, πρός or ἔς τινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 340, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 253)]; ἀνὴρ εὐ. (variant{εὐλαβής}) κατὰ τὸν νόμον [NT (NT.Act.22.12; εὐ. καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν [prev. work] 10.2: with _accusative_ modi, -εστέρα χεῖρα)] more righteous in act, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 141; εὐσεβεῖς κἀξ εὐσεβῶν βλαστόντας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 589)]; ὁ τῶν εὐσεβῶν χῶρος, of a place in the nether world, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Axiochus” 371c)]; ἐν εὐσεβέων (i.e. χώρῳ) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 12, compare “Sammelb.” 2048 (ii b.c.).)]
b Astrology texts, αἱ τῶν εὐσεβῶν μοῖραι [Refs (“Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).227.)]
2 as epithet of Emperors, = Pius, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 3.91 (3rd c.AD), +others, “PGrenf.” 1.49.28 (3rd c.AD), “PHamb.” 1.13.2 (3rd c.AD), etc.)]; especially of Antoninus Pius, [Refs (“IGRom.” 3.1293, +others)]
2.b of taxes, etc., due to the Emperor, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“BGU” 917.15 (4th c.AD), etc.)]
3 metaphorically, of a piece of land, dutiful, i.e. productive, ἀγρὸν -έστερον γεωργεῖν οὐδ᾽ ἕνα οἶμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 35.)]
II ofacts, things, etc., holy, sacred, ταῦτά μοὐστὶν εὐσεβῆ θεῶν πάρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 122; εὐ. χρηστηριον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1272)]; ἐν εὐσεβεῖ [ἐστι] c.infinitive, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hel.” 1277)]; τὸ εὐ., ={εὐσέβεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1125, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 43)]; τὸ ὑμέτερον εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.96)]; τοὐμὸν εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 656)]; τιτῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐσεβῶν παραβαίνειν Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.157.)]
III adverb εὐσεβέως, Attic dialect -βῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.79, etc.)]; εὐσεβῶς ἔχει, for εὐσεβές ἐστι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1431, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.212)]: comparative -έστερον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.3.16)]: superlative -έστατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.33.)]