Devout
Devout [1]
dē̇ - vout ´ (εὐλαβής , eulabḗs , εὐσεβής , eusebḗs , σέβομαι , sébomai , "pious," "dutiful," "reverential"): The word is peculiar to Luke. Applied to Simeon ( Luke 2:25 ), Cornelius ( Acts 10:2 , Acts 10:7 ), Ananias ( Acts 22:12 ). "Devout proselytes" ( Acts 13:43 , the King James Version "religious proselytes"), with possible reference to the proselytes of righteousness as distinguished from the proselytes of the gate (see Proselyte ). "Devout women of honorable estate" ( Acts 13:50 ), proselytes to Judaism and wives of the men in high position among the heathen (see Josephus, BJ , II, xx, 2). "Devout Greeks" ( Acts 17:4 ), probably, though not necessarily, proselytes of the gate, heathen by birth, who attended the synagogue services and worshipped God. "Devout persons" ( Acts 17:17 ), proselytes of the gate.
