sebomai · worship

What it means

sebomai (σέβομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “worship”.

Revere God.

How to say it

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

1. To honor God with reverence.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• devout ×4
• worship ×4
• worshiper ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Acts×8

• Matthew 15:9

  and in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”

• Mark 7:7

  and in vain they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

• Acts 13:43

  And when the meeting broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

• Acts 13:50

  But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.

• Acts 16:14

  And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, was listening; the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.

• Acts 17:4

  And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, and so did a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women.

• Acts 17:17

  So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.

• Acts 18:7

  And moving on from there, he went into the house of a certain man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

• Acts 18:13

  saying, “This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law.”

• Acts 19:27

  And not only is this line of business of ours in danger of coming into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis is in danger of being counted as nothing, and she is going to be stripped of her majesty, she whom all Asia and the inhabited world worship.”