Strong G4576σέβομαι
be devout
- Transliteration
- sebomai
- Pronunciation
- seb'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to revere that is adore: - devout religious worship.
Detailed definition
σέβω
[in LXX (chiefly for יָרֵא, Jos.4:24, al.) and NT always mid., σέβομαι, exc. 4Ma.5:24;]
to worship: with accusative of person(s), Mat.15:9, Mrk.7:7, Act.18:13 19:27; σεβόμενος τ. θεόν, Act.16:14 18:7; σεβόμενοι (σ. προσήλυτοι, σ. Ἕλληνες), devout, Act.13:43, 50 17:4, 17 (cf. προσήλυτος).†
(AS)
[in LXX (chiefly for יָרֵא, Jos.4:24, al.) and NT always mid., σέβομαι, exc. 4Ma.5:24;]
to worship: with accusative of person(s), Mat.15:9, Mrk.7:7, Act.18:13 19:27; σεβόμενος τ. θεόν, Act.16:14 18:7; σεβόμενοι (σ. προσήλυτοι, σ. Ἕλληνες), devout, Act.13:43, 50 17:4, 17 (cf. προσήλυτος).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4576 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- worship5
- devout2
- person1
- religious1
- worshippeth1
First verses
- Matthew 15:9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
- Mark 7:7Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
- Acts 13:43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
- Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
- Acts 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
- Acts 17:4And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
- Acts 17:17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
- Acts 18:7And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man’s house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
- Acts 18:13Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
- Acts 19:27So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
σέβομαι,
mostly used in present: imperfect in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.197)]: future σεβήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1381.202 (2nd c.AD))]: aorist ἐσέφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 164, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254b, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Plotini” 12)]:—feel awe or fear before God,feel shame, οὔ νυ σέβεσθ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.242, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 293; τιμῶν καὶ σεβόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729c)]; σεφθεῖσα awe-stricken, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.”)] [same place]: rarely with infinitive, dread or fear to do a thing, σ. προσιδέσθαι.., ἀντία φάσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 694 (Lyric poetry); μιαίνειν τὸ θεῖον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 69d; σέβεται καὶ φοβεῖται.. τό τι κινεῖν τῶν καθεστώτων [prev. author] “Lg.” 798b)]: so with accusative of things, to fear to do it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.12)]: with participle, σ. προσορῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250e.)]
2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], with accusative person, revere, worship, Κρονίδαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.25; θεούς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 921, etc.)]; πάντων ἀνάκτων κοινοβωμίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 223; Λατώ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 123)]; Λυκοῦργον σέβεσθαι worship him as a hero, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, compare 7.197; προσορῶν ὡς θεὸν σ. τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251a)]; do homage to Zeus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 937)]: generally, pay honour or respect to.. , θνατοὺς ἄγαν σ. [Refs ([prev. work] 543 (Lyric poetry))]; τὸ φίλον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 187 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ph.” 1163 (Lyric poetry), etc.; σ. τινὰ τύχης μάκαρος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 648.)]
2.b especially of Jewish proselytes, σεβομένη τὸν θεόν [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Act.16.14, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.7.2)]; σεβόμενοι προσήλυτοι, Ἕλληνες, [NT (NT.Act.13.43, 17.4; σεβόμεναι γυναῖκες [prev. work] 13.50.)]
3 of things, τὰ βυβλία σεβόμενοι μεγάλως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.128; ὄργια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 949; ὦ Πιερία, σέβεταί σ᾽ Εὔιος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 566 (Lyric poetry); τὸ σῶφρον αἰδούμενος ἅμα καὶ σ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 837c.)]
II active σέβω is post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], used only in present and imperfect, worship, honour, mostly of the gods, σ. Δήμητρος πανήγυριν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 120; πατρὸς Ὀλυμπίοιοτιμάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.12; θεούς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 596; Νύμφας [prev. author] “Eu.” 22; Ἅιδην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 777)]; τἀν Ἅιδου[Refs ([prev. work] 780; θεῶν θέσμια [prev. author] “Aj.” 713 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; rare in Prose, νομίζεται θεοὺς σέβειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 600)]; but also of parents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1377, compare “Ant.” 511)]; of kings, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 667, etc.)]; of suppliants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 151 (Lyric poetry); λέγω κατ᾽ ἄνδρα, μὴ θεόν, σέβειν ἐμέ [prev. author] “Ag.” 925; αἰχμὴν.. μᾶλλον θεοῦ σ. [prev. author] “Th.” 530; σ. ὀνείρων φάσματα [prev. author] “Ag.” 274; τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 744 (εὖ σέβουσι is uncertain conjecture for εὐσεβοῦσι in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 338, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1320, “Tr.” 85))]; σέβειν ἐν τιμῇ with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 166, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 647a: with)]infinitive, ὑβρίζειν ἐν κακοῖσιν οὐ σέβω, i.e. τὸ ὑβρίζειν, I do not respect, approve it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1612; τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν σέβοντες [prev. author] “Eu.” 749)]: rarely of a god, Ποσειδῶν.. τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρὰς σέβων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 896:)] —σέβομαι as passive, to be reverenced, ἡ δ᾽ οἴκοι [πόλις] πλέον δίκῃ σέβοιτ᾽ ἄν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 760)]; τὸ σεβόμενον reverence, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1101d.)]
II.2 less frequently absolutely, to worship, to be religious, τὸν σέβοντ᾽ εὐεργετεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 725, compare 897; οὐ γὰρ σέβεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 745; κρίνοντες ἐν ὁμοίῳ καὶ σέβειν καὶ μή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.53)]; but in all these places an object should perhaps be supplied from the context. (σέβομαι probably originally 'I shrink from.. ', of which σοβέω is the causal; perhaps cognate with Sanskrit tyajati 'desert, let go'.)
mostly used in present: imperfect in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.197)]: future σεβήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1381.202 (2nd c.AD))]: aorist ἐσέφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 164, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 254b, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Plotini” 12)]:—feel awe or fear before God,feel shame, οὔ νυ σέβεσθ; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.242, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 293; τιμῶν καὶ σεβόμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 729c)]; σεφθεῖσα awe-stricken, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.”)] [same place]: rarely with infinitive, dread or fear to do a thing, σ. προσιδέσθαι.., ἀντία φάσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 694 (Lyric poetry); μιαίνειν τὸ θεῖον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 69d; σέβεται καὶ φοβεῖται.. τό τι κινεῖν τῶν καθεστώτων [prev. author] “Lg.” 798b)]: so with accusative of things, to fear to do it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.12)]: with participle, σ. προσορῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250e.)]
2 after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], with accusative person, revere, worship, Κρονίδαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.25; θεούς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 921, etc.)]; πάντων ἀνάκτων κοινοβωμίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 223; Λατώ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 123)]; Λυκοῦργον σέβεσθαι worship him as a hero, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, compare 7.197; προσορῶν ὡς θεὸν σ. τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251a)]; do homage to Zeus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 937)]: generally, pay honour or respect to.. , θνατοὺς ἄγαν σ. [Refs ([prev. work] 543 (Lyric poetry))]; τὸ φίλον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 187 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ph.” 1163 (Lyric poetry), etc.; σ. τινὰ τύχης μάκαρος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 648.)]
2.b especially of Jewish proselytes, σεβομένη τὸν θεόν [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Act.16.14, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.7.2)]; σεβόμενοι προσήλυτοι, Ἕλληνες, [NT (NT.Act.13.43, 17.4; σεβόμεναι γυναῖκες [prev. work] 13.50.)]
3 of things, τὰ βυβλία σεβόμενοι μεγάλως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.128; ὄργια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 949; ὦ Πιερία, σέβεταί σ᾽ Εὔιος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 566 (Lyric poetry); τὸ σῶφρον αἰδούμενος ἅμα καὶ σ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 837c.)]
II active σέβω is post-[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], used only in present and imperfect, worship, honour, mostly of the gods, σ. Δήμητρος πανήγυριν [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 120; πατρὸς Ὀλυμπίοιοτιμάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.12; θεούς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 596; Νύμφας [prev. author] “Eu.” 22; Ἅιδην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 777)]; τἀν Ἅιδου[Refs ([prev. work] 780; θεῶν θέσμια [prev. author] “Aj.” 713 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; rare in Prose, νομίζεται θεοὺς σέβειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.4.19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 600)]; but also of parents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1377, compare “Ant.” 511)]; of kings, [Refs ([prev. author] “Aj.” 667, etc.)]; of suppliants, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 151 (Lyric poetry); λέγω κατ᾽ ἄνδρα, μὴ θεόν, σέβειν ἐμέ [prev. author] “Ag.” 925; αἰχμὴν.. μᾶλλον θεοῦ σ. [prev. author] “Th.” 530; σ. ὀνείρων φάσματα [prev. author] “Ag.” 274; τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς σ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 744 (εὖ σέβουσι is uncertain conjecture for εὐσεβοῦσι in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 338, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1320, “Tr.” 85))]; σέβειν ἐν τιμῇ with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 166, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 647a: with)]infinitive, ὑβρίζειν ἐν κακοῖσιν οὐ σέβω, i.e. τὸ ὑβρίζειν, I do not respect, approve it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1612; τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν σέβοντες [prev. author] “Eu.” 749)]: rarely of a god, Ποσειδῶν.. τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρὰς σέβων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 896:)] —σέβομαι as passive, to be reverenced, ἡ δ᾽ οἴκοι [πόλις] πλέον δίκῃ σέβοιτ᾽ ἄν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 760)]; τὸ σεβόμενον reverence, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1101d.)]
II.2 less frequently absolutely, to worship, to be religious, τὸν σέβοντ᾽ εὐεργετεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 725, compare 897; οὐ γὰρ σέβεις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 745; κρίνοντες ἐν ὁμοίῳ καὶ σέβειν καὶ μή 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.53)]; but in all these places an object should perhaps be supplied from the context. (σέβομαι probably originally 'I shrink from.. ', of which σοβέω is the causal; perhaps cognate with Sanskrit tyajati 'desert, let go'.)