Lexicon eulabés: cautious Original Word: εὐλαβής, έςPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: eulabés Phonetic Spelling: (yoo-lab-ace') Short Definition: cautious, pious Definition: (lit: handling well, hence) cautious, circumspect; hence: God-fearing, pious. HELPS word-Studies 2126 eulabḗs (an adjective, derived from 2095 /eú, "well, good," and 2983 /lambánō, "aggressively lay hold of") – properly, devout (piety), as it reflects what someone personally reveres (holds sacred, venerates). 2126 /eulabḗs ("devout") literally means "taking hold of what is good." It focuses on the outward response someone gives to what they feel is truly worthwhile (worthy of respect). 2126 (eulabēs) is sometimes translated "God-fearing" because it shows a "godly respect" for the things of God. This awe-inspired fear reveres what is sacred, i.e. viewed as deserving personal respect. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom eu and lambanóDefinitioncautious NASB Translationdevout (4).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2126: εὐλαβήςεὐλαβής, ἐυλαβες ( εὖ and λαβεῖν), in Greek writings from Plato down; 1. taking hold well, i. e. carefully and surely; cautious. 2. reverencing God, pious, religious (A. V. devout): Acts 2:5; Acts 8:2, (Micah 7:2 (Alex. etc.)); joined with δίκαιος (as in Plato, polit., p. 311 b.): Luke 2:25; εὐλαβής κατά τόν νόμον, Acts 22:12 L T Tr WH. (Cf. references under the word εὐλάβεια, at the end.)
Strong's devout, God-fearing From eu and lambano; taking well (carefully), i.e. Circumspect (religiously, pious) -- devout. see GREEK eu see GREEK lambano |
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