σέβασμα
sébasma · G4574 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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sanctuary
(Derivative of σεβάζομαι ‘to worship,’) A place of worship
ExamplesActs 17:23 “For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.
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object of worship
(Derivative of σεβάζομαι ‘to worship,’) An object which is worshiped
Examples2 Thessalonians 2:4 who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- λέγωto say 1
- ἀναθεωρέωto observe 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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Semantic domains 2 entries
- Sanctuary53.54
- The noun can denote a sacred site or shrine, tied here to the temple where the man of lawlessness sets himself up. Paul describes him: “he opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God” (2 Thessalonians 2:4).
- Object of worship53.55
- The same noun, in its more common sense, names an object to which religious devotion is directly given. Paul tells the Athenians, “while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD’” (Acts 17:23).
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon σεβασματος, τό (σεβάζομαι), whatever is religiously honored, an object of worship: 2…
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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