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<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]] ( 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, <i> BJ </i> , 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. </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]] ( 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, <i> BJ </i> , 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. </p> | ||
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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.
