σεβάζομαι
sebázomai · G4573 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to worship, to venerate
To express in attitude and ritual one’s allegiance to and regard for deity
ExamplesRomans 1:25 For they exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: they 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κτίσιςcreation, creature 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- παράfrom, with, beside+ κτίζωto create 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- προσκυνέω proskynéō · G4352 · to prostrate oneself in worship, to bow down and worship, to worship
- σεβάζομαι and προσκυνέω both denote worship or veneration. προσκυνέω emphasizes physical prostration across a broad range of contexts, while σεβάζομαι focuses on the inward attitude of veneration, as in Paul's argument against idolatry; both converge on the shared field of religious devotion, distinguished by manner versus inward attitude.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To worship, to venerate53.53
- The verb describes religious devotion given to an object of reverence. Paul describes those who exchanged the truth of God for falsehood, and “worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator” (Romans 1:25).
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (σέβας reverence, awe); 1. to fear, be afraid: Homer, Iliad 6, 167. 417. 2. in later…
1. to fear, be afraid: Homer, Iliad 6, 167. 417.
2. in later authors equivalent to σέβομαι (Winers Grammar, § 2, 1 b.), to honor religiously, to worship: with 1 aorist passive ἐσεβασθην in an active sense, Rom 1:25 (the Orphica, Argon. 554; ecclesiastical writings).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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