Word Summary
theosebēs: God-fearing
Original Word: θεοσεβήςTransliteration: theosebēs
Phonetic Spelling: (theh-os-eb-ace')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: God-fearing
Meaning: God-fearing
Strong's Concordance
worshipper of God.
From theos and sebomai; reverent of God, i.e. Pious -- worshipper of God.
see GREEK theos
see GREEK sebomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2318: θεοσεβήςθεοσεβής,
θεοσεβες (
Θεός and
σέβομαι),
worshipping God, pious:
John 9:31. (the
Sept.;
Sophocles,
Euripides,
Aristophanes,
Xenophon,
Plato, others; (cf.
Trench, § xlviii.).)