Word

σέβομαι

sébomai · G4576 · Greek · 10 occurrences

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Meanings

to worship, to venerate

To express in attitude and ritual one’s allegiance to and regard for deity

Examples
Matthew 15:9 ‘AND IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.’”
Mark 7:7 ‘AND IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.’
Acts 13:43 Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God.

How it’s used In 7 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

10 occurrences in 5 groups

Not stated (participle) 6
Not stated: they 2
οἰκουμένηworld, inhabited earth 1
ἈσίαAsia 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

6 occurrences in 3 groups

θεόςGod 3
ἐγώI, we 2
ὅςwho, which, that 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 1 groups

μάτηνin vain 2

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

γυνήwoman, wife 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

μέλλωto be about to 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

γράφωto write 1
παροτρύνωto stir up 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

πλῆθοςmultitude, crowd 1
πολύςmany 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 1 entry

To worship, to venerate53.53: The verb describes religious devotion given to God. A woman named Lydia is introduced as “a worshiper of God” who was listening to Paul (Acts 16:14).

Word family 14 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σέβομαιsébomai · G4576εὐσέβεια eusébeia · G2150 · religion, piety, godliness · 15×ἀσεβής asebḗs · G765 · ungodly · 9×ἀσέβεια asébeia · G763 · to live in an ungodly manner, godlessness · 6×σεμνός semnós · G4586 · honorable, worthy of respect, of good character · 4×εὐσεβής eusebḗs · G2152 · devout, pious, religious · 3×σεβαστός sebastós · G4575 · imperial, the Emperor · 3×σεμνότης semnótēs · G4587 · propriety, befitting behavior · 3×ἀσεβέω asebéō · G764 · to live in an ungodly manner, godlessness · 2×εὐσεβέω eusebéō · G2151 · to worship, to venerate, to fulfill one’s duties · 2×εὐσεβῶς eusebōs · G2153 · devout, pious, religious · 2×σέβασμα sébasma · G4574 · sanctuary, object of worship · 2×σεβάζομαι sebázomai · G4573 · to worship, to venerate · 1×

Also from the root σέβομαι

θεοσεβής theosebḗs · G2318 · devout, pious, religious · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon and (so everywhere in the Scriptures) σέβομαι; from Homer down; to revere, to worship:…

and (so everywhere in the Scriptures) σέβομαι; from Homer down; to revere, to worship: τινα (a deity), Mt 15:9; Mk 7:7; Acts 18:13; Acts 19:27 (Wis. 15:18 etc.; for יָרֵא, Josh 4:24; Josh 22:25; Jon 1:9). In the Acts, proselytes of the gate (see προσήλυτος, 2) are called σεβόμενοι τόν Θεόν (`men that worship God'), Acts 16:14; Acts 18:7 (Josephus, Antiquities 14, 7, 2); and simply οἱ σεβόμενοι (A. V. the devout persons), Acts 17:17; σεβόμενοι προσήλυτοι (R. V. devout proselytes), Acts 13:43; σεβομεναι γυναῖκες, Acts 13:50; τῶν... σεβομένων Ἑλλήνων, (A. V. the devout Greeks), Acts 17:4; in the Latin church,metuentes, verecundi, religiosi, timorati; Vulg. (except Acts 13:50)colentes; cf. Thilo in his Cod. apocr. Nov. Test., p. 521.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Worship, Reverence10 occurrences

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