εὐσεβής
eusebēs · devout, godly
Greek word · Strong’s number G2152 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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eusebēs (εὐσεβής) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “devout, godly”.
One who reveres and honors God.
How to say it
eu·se·bēs
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Honoring God and living in reverence.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- devout ×2
- godly ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 10:2
devout and fearing God with all his household, giving many alms to the people and praying to God continually.
- Acts 10:7
And when the angel who was speaking to him had gone away, he called two of the household servants and a devout soldier from among those who were in constant attendance on him,
- 2 Peter 2:9
the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,