Word Summary
eusebēs: pious
Original Word: εὐσεβήςTransliteration: eusebēs
Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-seb-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: pious
Meaning: pious
Strong's Concordance
devout, godly.
From eu and sebomai; well-reverent, i.e. Pious -- devout, godly.
see GREEK eu
see GREEK sebomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2152: εὐσεβήςεὐσεβής,
ἐυσεβες (
εὖ and
σέβομαι),
pious, dutiful (toward God (
A. V. devout, godly);
εὐσεβέω):
Acts 10:2, 7;
Acts 22:12 R G;
2 Peter 2:9. ((
Theognis),
Pindar, Tragg.,
Aristophanes,
Plato, others; thrice in the
Sept. for
נָדִיב noble, generous,
Isaiah 32:8; for
צַדִּיק,
Isaiah 24:16;
Isaiah 26:7; often in Sirach (circa
? and 4 Maccabees (1st century B.C.?)) (Cf. Trench, § xlviii.)