Strong's Lexicon

G2151

G2151 — εὐσεβέω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekeusebeoverbOccurrences: 2

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

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

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
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