STRONGS G2124:
εὐλάβεια,
εὐλαβείας,
ἡ, "the character and conduct of one who is
εὐλαβής (which see);
1. caution, circumspection, discretion:
Sophocles,
Euripides,
Plato,
Demosthenes, following; the
Sept. Proverbs 28:14; joined with
πρόνοια,
Plutarch, Marcell. 9; used of the prudent delay of Fabius Maximus,
Polybius 3, 105, 8;
ἡ ἐυλαβεοα σῴζει πάντα,
Aristophanes an. 377; equivalent to
avoidance, πληγῶν,
Plato, legg. 7, p. 815 a., et al. (in which sense
Zeno the Stoic contrasts
ἡ εὐλάβεια,
caution, as a
εὔλογος ἐκκλισις,
a reasonable shunning, with
ὁ φόβος, (
Diogenes Laërtius 7, 116, cf.
Cicero, Tusc. 4, 6, 13).
2. reverence, veneration:
ἡ πρός τό θεῖον εὐλάβεια Diodorus 13, 12;
Plutarch, Camill. 21; de ser. hum. vind. c. 4, and elsewhere;
πρός τούς νόμους,
Plutarch, Ages. 15;
Θεοῦ, objec. genitive,
Philo, Cherub. § 9; simply
reverence toward God, godly fear, piety:
Hebrews 12:28 and, in the opinion of many, also
Hebrews 5:7 (cf.
ἀπό, II. 2 b.; see below).
3. fear, anxiety, dread: Wis. 17:8; for
דְּאָגָה,
Joshua 22:24;
Josephus, Antiquities 11, 6, 9;
Plutarch, Fab. 1 (the
εὐβουλία of Fabius seemed to be
εὐλάβεια); so, most probably, in
Hebrews 5:7 (see (above and)
ἀπό, I. 3 d.), for by using this more select word the writer, skilled as he was in the Greek tongue, speaks more reverently of the Son of God than if he had used
φόβος. (Synonym: see
δειλία, at the end; cf.
Trench, § xlviii.; Delitzsch on
Hebrews 5:7.)
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