σέβω, 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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Joshua
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4:24; 22:25
- Jonah
-
1:9
- Matthew
-
15:9
- Mark
-
7:7
- Acts
-
13:43; 13:50; 13:50; 16:14; 17:4; 17:17; 18:7; 18:13; 19:27
