Difference between revisions of "Devout"

<div> '''1: εὐλαβής ''' (Strong'S #2126 — Adjective — eulabes — yoo-lab-ace' ) </div> <p> lit., "taking hold well" (eu, "well," lambano, "to take hold"), primarily, "cautious," signifies in the NT, "careful as to the realization of the presence and claims of God, reverencing God, pious, devout;" in &nbsp;Luke 2:25 it is said of Simeon; in &nbsp; Acts 2:5 , of certain Jews; in &nbsp;Acts 8:2 , of those who bore Stephen's body to burial; of Ananias, 22:12 (see No. 2). "In that mingled fear and love which, combined, constitute the piety of man toward God, the Old [[Testament]] placed its emphasis on the fear, the New places it on the love (though there was love in the fear of God's saints then, as there must be fear in their love now)," Trench, Syn, xlviii. </p> <div> '''2: εὐσεβής ''' (Strong'S #2152 — Adjective — eusebes — yoo-seb-ace' ) </div> <p> from eu, "well," sebomai, "to reverence," the root seb--- signifying "sacred awe," describes "reverence" exhibited especially in actions, reverence or awe well directed. Among the [[Greeks]] it was used, e.g., of practical piety towards parents. In the NT it is used of a pious attitude towards God, &nbsp;Acts 10:2,7; (in some mss. in &nbsp;Acts 22:12 ); "godly," in &nbsp;2 Peter 2:9 . See Godly. In the Sept., &nbsp; Proverbs 12:12; &nbsp;Isaiah 24:16; &nbsp;26:7; &nbsp;32:8; &nbsp;Micah 7:2 . </p> <div> '''3: σέβω ''' (Strong'S #4576 — Verb — sebomai — seb'-om-ahee ) </div> <p> "to feel awe," whether before God or man, "to worship," is translated "devout," in &nbsp;Acts 13:43 , RV (AV, "religious"); 13:50; 17:4,17. See Worship. </p>

<p> '''''dē̇''''' -'''''vout''''' ´ (εὐλαβής , <i> '''''eulabḗs''''' </i> , εὐσεβής , <i> '''''eusebḗs''''' </i> , σέβομαι , <i> '''''sébomai''''' </i> , "pious," "dutiful," "reverential"): The word is peculiar to Luke. [[Applied]] to Simeon (&nbsp;Luke 2:25 ), [[Cornelius]] (&nbsp;Acts 10:2 , &nbsp;Acts 10:7 ), [[Ananias]] (&nbsp;Acts 22:12 ). "Devout proselytes" (&nbsp;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" (&nbsp;Acts 13:50 ), proselytes to [[Judaism]] and wives of the men in high position among the heathen (see Josephus, <i> BJ </i> , II, xx, 2). "Devout Greeks" (&nbsp;Acts 17:4 ), probably, though not necessarily, proselytes of the gate, heathen by birth, who attended the synagogue services and worshipped God. "Devout persons" (&nbsp;Acts 17:17 ), proselytes of the gate. </p>