Eusebēs εὐσεβής
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| εὐσεβής | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | eusebēs |
| Strong's number | G2152 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | pious |
| Occurrences | 3 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Acts (2) |
Eusebēs (Greek εὐσεβής, Strong's G2152) is a Greek adjective meaning “pious”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
εὐσεβής, -ές
(εὖ, σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pro.12:12, Isa.24:16 26:7 (צַדִּיק), Mic.7:2 (חָסִיד), Isa.32:8 (נָדִיב), and frequently in Sirach and 4Maccabees ;]
pious, godly, devout: Act.10:2, 7, 2Pe.2:9.†
SYN.: θεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (see Tr., Syn., § xlviii; DB, ii, 221 f.; Cremer, 524 f., 858) (AS)
(εὖ, σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pro.12:12, Isa.24:16 26:7 (צַדִּיק), Mic.7:2 (חָסִיד), Isa.32:8 (נָדִיב), and frequently in Sirach and 4Maccabees ;]
pious, godly, devout: Act.10:2, 7, 2Pe.2:9.†
SYN.: θεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (see Tr., Syn., § xlviii; DB, ii, 221 f.; Cremer, 524 f., 858) (AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | devout (3), godly (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | devout (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Eusebēs, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Acts
- Acts 10:2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.
- Acts 10:7And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
2 Peter
- 2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).