devout, religious
Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to revere, i.e. Adore -- devout, religious, worship.
Strong's 4576: σέβω
σέβω, and (so everywhere in the Scriptures)
σέβομαι; from Homer down;
to revere, to worship:
τινα (a deity),
Matthew 15:9;
Mark 7:7;
Acts 18:13;
Acts 19:27 (Wis. 15:18 etc.; for
יָרֵא,
Joshua 4:24;
Joshua 22:25;
Jonah 1:9). In the Acts,
proselytes of the gate (see
προσήλυτος, 2) are called
σεβόμενοι τόν Θεόν (`men that worship God'),
Acts 16:14;
Acts 18:7 (Josephus, Antiquities 14, 7, 2); and simply
οἱ σεβόμενοι (A. V.
the devout persons),
Acts 17:17;
σεβόμενοι προσήλυτοι (R. V.
devout proselytes),
Acts 13:43;
σεβομεναι γυναῖκες,
Acts 13:50;
τῶν ...
σεβομένων Ἑλλήνων, (A. V.
the devout Greeks),
Acts 17:4; in the Latin church,
metuentes, verecundi, religiosi, timorati; Vulg. (except
Acts 13:50)
colentes; cf. Thilo in his Cod. apocr. Nov. Test., p. 521.
Strong's Greek: 4576. σέβομαι (sebó) — 10 Occurrences
Matthew 15:9 - V-PIM/P-3P
GRK: μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με διδάσκοντες
NAS: BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING
KJV: in vain they do worship me,
INT: in vain moreover they worship me teaching [as]
Mark 7:7 - V-PIM/P-3P
GRK: μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με διδάσκοντες
NAS: BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING
KJV: in vain do they worship me,
INT: in vain moreover they worship me teaching
Acts 13:43 - V-PPM/P-GMP
GRK: καὶ τῶν σεβομένων προσηλύτων τῷ
NAS: of the Jews and of the God-fearing proselytes
KJV: and religious proselytes
INT: and of the worshipping converts
Acts 13:50 - V-PPM/P-AFP
GRK: παρώτρυναν τὰς σεβομένας γυναῖκας τὰς
NAS: incited the devout women
KJV: stirred up the devout and
INT: incited the worshipping women
Acts 16:14 - V-PPM/P-NFS
GRK: πόλεως Θυατείρων σεβομένη τὸν θεόν
NAS: a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God,
KJV: of Thyatira, which worshipped God,
INT: of [the] city of Thyatira who worshipped God
Acts 17:4 - V-PPM/P-GMP
GRK: τῶν τε σεβομένων Ἑλλήνων πλῆθος
NAS: number of the God-fearing Greeks
KJV: and of the devout Greeks
INT: of the moreover worshipping Greeks a multitude
Acts 17:17 - V-PPM/P-DMP
GRK: καὶ τοῖς σεβομένοις καὶ ἐν
NAS: with the Jews and the God-fearing [Gentiles], and in the market place
KJV: and with the devout persons, and
INT: and those who worshipped and in
Acts 18:7 - V-PPM/P-GMS
GRK: Τιτίου Ἰούστου σεβομένου τὸν θεόν
NAS: Justus, a worshiper of God,
KJV: Justus, [one] that worshipped God,
INT: Titius Justus who worshipped God
Acts 18:13 - V-PNM/P
GRK: τοὺς ἀνθρώπους σέβεσθαι τὸν θεόν
NAS: persuades men to worship God contrary
KJV: men to worship God
INT: men to worship God
Acts 19:27 - V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: ἡ οἰκουμένη σέβεται
NAS: and the world worship will even
KJV: and the world worshippeth.
INT: the world worship
