Language Studies

This week our study of εὐσὲβεια (Strong's #2150), the Greek word meaning reverence, respect or godliness, is again taken from Paul's writings. As in previous sections of this study, our focus is on εὐσὲβεια as it is used to express reverence from believers toward God. This…

This week our study of εὐσὲβεια (Strong's #2150), the Greek word meaning reverence, respect or godliness, is taken from Paul's writings. As in previous sections of this study, we focus on εὐσὲβεια as it is used to express reverence from believers toward God. This week's text…

This week we continue our study of εὐσὲβεια (Strong's #2150), the Greek word meaning reverence, respect or godliness. In Classical Greek, εὐσὲβεια expressed a reverence toward the gods. In its nonreligious use, it represented the respect a child was to have toward a parent. This…

This week we are taking our final study on the third essential of the Christian faith as presented in 2 Peter 1:8-11. Our Greek word of study is εὐσὲβεια (Strong's #2150), which expresses reverence or respect toward someone. We are also considering other Greek words that are used in context…

This week we continue our study by taking the third essential of the Christian faith as presented in 2 Peter 1:8-11. Our Greek word of study is εὐσὲβεια (Strong's #2150), which expresses reverence or respect toward someone. We will also consider other Greek words that are used in context…

This week we continue our study by taking the third essential of the Christian faith as presented in 2 Peter 1:8-11. Our Greek word of study is εὐσὲβεια (Strong's #2150), which expresses reverence or respect toward someone. We will also consider other Greek words that are used in context with…

We continue this week with our series on the noun εὐσὲβεια (Strong's #2150), which expresses reverence or respect toward someone. Εὐσὲβεια is used in the New Testament to depict the expression of reverence and respect toward God from believers, as well as for a form of human reverence…

This week we continue with our series on the noun εὐσὲβεια (Strong's #2150), which means reverence, respect, or godliness. Εὐσὲβεια came to be used almost exclusively as a religious term representing a respectful attitude toward God and the living of a correct lifestyle in respect…

This week we continue our series on the noun εὐσὲβεια (Strong's #2150), which means reverence, respect, or godliness. Its domestic meaning of respect toward someone was eventually lost and εὐσὲβεια came to be used almost exclusively as a religious term representing a respectful attitude…

Last week we began a series on the noun εὐσὲβεια (Strong's #2150), which means reverence, respect, or godliness. Εὐσὲβεια is made up of the adverb εὖ and the verb σὲβω. In Classical Greek, εὐσὲβεια expressed a "reverence toward the…

Last week, we studied the verb form εὐσεβὲω (Strong's #2151), which means to worship or to show reverence toward someone. We saw that εὐσεβὲω is made up of the adverb εὖ (Strong's #2095), which means "to fare well, to prosper," and the verb σὲβω (Strong's…

We have been studying a family of words pertaining to worship that come from σὲβω. We first studied σὲβομαι (Strong's #4576), which relates to religious worship and reverence. Next we studied σεβὰζομαι (Strong's #4573), which denotes the expression of religious veneration…

We are in the process of studying, from the New Testament, the most important Greek words translated "worship." We first studied προσκυνὲω (Strong's #4352), which expresses the idea of submission to the Spirit of the Lord and His truth as the only acceptable form of worship of God. In the…

In our study of Greek words that are rendered "worship" in the English translations, we have covered two important ones so far. First, we studied προσκυνὲω (Strong's #4352) the main verb for worship. Προσκυνὲω expresses the idea of submission to the Spirit of the Lord and His truth…