εὐσέβεια eusebeia · G2150

piety

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)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

εὐσέβεια, ἡ ; (compare εὐσεβία), reverence towards the gods or parents, piety or filial respect, εὐ. εἰς θεοὺς καὶ γονέας []; εὐ. Ζηνός towards him, []; εὐ. πρός, περὶ τοὺς θεούς, []; ἡ πρὸς τὸ θεῖον εὐ. []; τὴν εὐ. τῶν πραχθέντων []: plural, acts of piety, []; 2 loyalty, ἡ ὑμετέρα πρός με εὐ. []; ἡ εἴς με εὔνοια καὶ εὐ. []; 3 = Latin []; 4 credit or character for piety, εὐσέβειαν οἴσῃ []

Where it's used 15 times

Acts 3:12 · 1 Timothy 2:2 · 1 Timothy 3:16 · 1 Timothy 4:7 · 1 Timothy 4:8 · 1 Timothy 6:3 · 1 Timothy 6:5 · 1 Timothy 6:6 · 1 Timothy 6:11 · 2 Timothy 3:5 · Titus 1:1 · 2 Peter 1:3 · 2 Peter 1:6 · 2 Peter 1:7 · 2 Peter 3:11

Source: TBESG G2150; TFLSJ G2150

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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