Strong's Lexicon
G4574
G4574 — σέβασμα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4574 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σέβασμα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G4573 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | sebasma |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | seb'-as-mah |
| Meaning: | 1. something reverenced, i.e. an object of worship (god, altar, etc) |
| KJV Renderings: | devotion, that is worshipped |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σέβασμα, σεβασματος, τό (σεβάζομαι), whatever is religiously honored, an object of worship: 2Th 2:4 (Wis 14:20); used of temples, altars, statues, etc., Act 17:23; of idolatrous images, Bel and the Dragon, 27; Wis 15:17. (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 1, 30).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σέβασμα (devotion)
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
2 Thessalonians 2:4
- KJV: Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God
- GK: ο αντικείμενος και υπεραιρόμενος επί πάντα λεγόμενον θεόν η σέβασμα ώστε αυτόν εις τον ναόν του θεού ως θεόν καθίσαι αποδεικνύοντα εαυτόν ότι εστί θεός