Greek Word Study · Strong’s G2152
εὐσεβής
eusebēs · “pious”
Used 3 times across 2 books
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)
(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)
Where it appears
Acts2
2 Peter1
In the text
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.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;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:
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