Strong's Lexicon
G2151
G2151 — εὐσεβέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2151 |
|---|---|
| Word: | εὐσεβέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2152 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | eusebeo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | yoo-seb-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be well-reverent 2. to show devout reverence in attitude, conduct, and deed 3. (towards God) to worship 4. (towards parents) to respect (support) |
| KJV Renderings: | show piety, worship |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐσεβέω, ἐυσεβω (εὐσεβής); "to be εὐσεβής (pious), to act piously or reverently" (toward God, one’s country, magistrates, relations, and all to whom dutiful regard or reverence is due); in secular authors followed by εἰς, περί, πρός τινα; rarely also transitive, as Aeschylus Ag. 338 (τούς Θεούς) and in the Bible: τόν ἴδιον οἶκον, 1Ti 5:4; Θεόν, to worship God, Act 17:23; 4Ma 5:24 (23) variant; ; (Josephus, contra Apion 2, 11, 1).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
εὐσεβέω (show piety)
Acts 17:23
- KJV: For 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
- GK: διερχόμενος γαρ και αναθεωρών τα σεβάσματα υμών εύρον και βωμόν εν ω επεγέγραπτο αγνώστω θεώ ον ούν αγνοούντες ευσεβείτε τούτον εγώ καταγγέλλω υμίν
1 Timothy 5:4
- KJV: But 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
- GK: ει δε τις χήρα τέκνα η έκγονα έχει μανθανέτωσαν πρώτον τον ίδιον οίκον ευσεβείν και αμοιβάς αποδιδόναι τοις προγόνοις τούτο γαρ εστι καλόν και απόδεκτον ενώπιον του θεού