Eusebeia εὐσέβεια

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Eusebeia
εὐσέβεια
Transliterationeusebeia
Strong's numberG2150
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosspiety
Occurrences15 in 15 verses
Most frequent in1 Timothy (8)

Eusebeia (Greek εὐσέβεια, Strong's G2150) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “piety”. It occurs 15 times in 15 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

εὐ-σέβεια, -ας, ἡ
(εὐσεβής, which see), [in LXX: Pro.1:7, Isa.33:6 (יִרְאָה), Pro.13:11 (aliter in Heb.), Isa.11:2 (יְהוָֹה יִרְאָה), I Est.1:23, Wis.10:12, Sir.49:3, and very frequently in 4Mac ;]
1. piety, reverence (towards parents and others).
2. piety towards God, godliness: Act.3:12, 1Ti.2:2 4:7-8 6:5-6 6:11, 2Pe.1:3 1:6-7; τὸ τῆς εὐ. μυστήριον, 1Ti.3:16; ἡ κατ᾽ εὐ. διδασκαλία, 1Ti.6:3; ἡ ἀλήθεια ἡ κατ᾽ εὐ., Tit.1:1; μόρφωσις εὐσεβείας, 2Ti.3:5; pl. (see Bl., § 32, 6; Mayor on Jas.2:1), 2Pe.3:11 (on the use of εὐ. and cognates in Past. Epp., see CGT, on 1Ti.2:2; cf. also Cremer, 524).†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVgodliness (14), holiness (1)
BSBgodliness (14), godly (1)

Verses

Every verse with Eusebeia, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Acts

1 Timothy

2 Timothy

Titus

2 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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