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Thompson Chain Reference
• Roman Emperors
Dictionaries
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Emperor Worship
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Titus (Emperor)
• Emperor-Worship
• Emperor
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Valerianus, Emperor
• Valens, Emperor
• Titus, Emperor
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King James Dictionary
• Emperor
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Sacristan Emperor
• Otto IV, Emperor
• Otto III, Emperor
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Emperor
Webster Dictionary
• Emperor
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Emperor
• Leo (Emperors)
• Michael (Emperors)
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Emperor
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Andronicus (Emperor)
• Caius (Emperor of Rome).
• Emperor
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Emperor Charles V
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Alexander I., Pavlovich, Emperor of Russia
• Alexander II., Nikolaievich, Emperor of Russia
• Alexander III., Alexandrovich, Emperor of Russia
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• σεβαστός

"august, reverent," the masculine gender of an adjective (from sebas, "reverential awe"), became used as the title of the Roman emperor, Acts 25:21,25 , RV, for AV, "Augustus;" then, taking its name from the emperor, it became a title of honor applied to certain legions or cohorts or battalions, marked for their valor, Acts 27:1 . Cp. sebazomai, "to worship," Romans 1:25; sebasma, "an object of worship," Acts 17:23; 2 Thessalonians 2:4 .