Lexicon sebó: to worship Original Word: σέβομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sebó Phonetic Spelling: (seb'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I reverence, worship Definition: I reverence, worship, adore. HELPS word-Studies 4576 sébomai – properly, personally esteem; to hold something (someone) in high respect; showing the reverence or awe (veneration) of someone who is devout. [4576 (sébomai) always occurs in the Greek middle voice in the NT, accounting for the deep, personal sense of veneration involved.] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. verb Definitionto worship NASB Translationdevout (1), God-fearing (3), worship (4), worshiper (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4576: σέβωσέβω, and (so everywhere in the Scriptures) σέβομαι; from Homer down; to revere, to worship: τινα (a deity), Matthew 15:9; Mark 7:7; Acts 18:13; Acts 19:27 (Wis. 15:18 etc.; for יָרֵא, Joshua 4:24; Joshua 22:25; Jonah 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.
Strong's devout, religious Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to revere, i.e. Adore -- devout, religious, worship. |
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