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Strong's #2152 - εὐσεβής
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εὐσεβ-ής, ές
(dat. pl. - σεβέοις IG 5(1).1390.5 (Andania)), (σέβω)
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1. pious, religious, opp. δυσσεβής (q.v.), Thgn. 1141, Hdt. 2.141, Pi. O. 3.41; τρόπος Ar. Ra. 457 (lyr.): not common in early Prose, Gorg. Fr. 6D., Pl. Phlb. 39e; dutiful, esp. discharging sacred duties, πρός or ἔς τινα, A. Supp. 340, E. El. 253; ἀνὴρ εὐ. (v.l. cross εὐλαβής) κατὰ τὸν νόμον Acts 22:12; εὐ. καὶ φοβούμενος τὸν θεόν ib. 10.2: c.acc. modi, - εστέρα χεῖρα more righteous in act, A. Ch. 141; εὐσεβεῖς κἀξ εὐσεβῶν βλαστόντας S. El. 589; ὁ τῶν εὐσεβῶν χῶρος, of a place in the nether world, Pl. Ax. 371c; ἐν εὐσεβέων (sc. χώρῳ) Call. Epigr. 12, cf. Sammelb. 2048 (ii b.c.). Astrol., αἱ τῶν εὐσεβῶν μοῖραι Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).227.
2. as epith. of Emperors, = Pius, IGRom. 3.91 (iii A.D.), al., PGrenf. 1.49.28 (iii A.D.), PHamb. 1.13.2 (iii A.D.), etc.; esp. of Antoninus Pius, IGRom. 3.1293, al. of taxes, etc., due to the Emperor, BGU 917.15 (iv A.D.), etc.
3. metaph., of a piece of land, dutiful, i.e. productive, ἀγρὸν -έστερον γεωργεῖν οὐδ' ἕνα οἶμαι Men. Georg. 35.
II ofacts, things, etc., holy, sacred, ταῦτά μοὐστὶν εὐσεβῆ θεῶν πάρα A. Ch. 122; εὐ. χρηστηριον E. El. 1272; ἐν εὐσεβεῖ [ἐστι ] c. inf., Id. Hel. 1277; τὸ εὐ., = cross εὐσέβεια, S. OC 1125, E. Tr. 43; τὸ ὑμέτερον εὐ. Antipho 5.96; τοὐμὸν εὐ. E. Hipp. 656; τιτῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐσεβῶν παραβαίνειν Philipp. ap. D. 18.157.
III Adv. εὐσεβέως, Att. - βῶς, Pi. O. 6.79, etc.; εὐσεβῶς ἔχει, for εὐσεβές ἐστι, S. OT 1431, D. 19.212: Comp. - έστερον X. Mem. 4.3.16: Sup. - έστατα Isoc. 4.33.
εὐσεβής, ἐυσεβες (εὖ and σέβομαι), pious, dutiful (toward God (A. V. devout, godly); εὐσεβέω): Acts 10:2, 7; Acts 22:12 R G; 2 Peter 2:9. ((Theognis), Pindar, Tragg., Aristophanes, Plato, others; thrice in the Sept. for נָדִיב noble, generous, Isaiah 32:8; for צַדִּיק, Isaiah 24:16; Isaiah 26:7; often in Sirach (circa
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εὐσεβής , -ές
(< εὖ , σέβομαι ),
[in LXX: Proverbs 12:12, Isaiah 24:16; Isaiah 26:7 (H6662), Micah 7:2 (H2623), Isaiah 32:8 (H5081), and freq. in Sirach and 4Maccabees;]
pious, godly, devout: Acts 10:2; Acts 10:7, 2 Peter 2:9.†
SYN.: θεοσεβής G2318, θρῆσκος G2357 (v. Tr., Syn., § xlviii; DB, ii, 221 f.; Cremer, 524 f., 858).
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εὐσεβής occurs in a somewhat general sense in P Flor III. 338.2 (iii/A.D.) εὐσεβὲς τὸ πρᾶγμα ποιεῖς, ἐὰν ποιήσῃς τὸ βιβλίδιον ἐκεῖνο ὡς ἐγύμνασα αὐτὸ σύν σοι ἐν τῇ πόλει : it is applied to taxes in P Cairo Preis 4.9 (A.D. 320) ἐγεώργησα πλεῖστα ἀναλώματα ποιησάμενος ὑπὲρ τοῦ εὐμαρῶς δύνασθαί με διαλύσασθαι τὰς εὐσεβεῖς εἰσφοράς. For its use as an Imperial designation (= Pius), from the close of ii/A.D., see P Hamb I. 13.2 (A.D. 210) ἔτους ι ̄η ̄ Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σ ̣ε ̣ουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς Περτίνακος κτλ., with the editor’s note. In the Commagene rescript (see s.v. εὐσέβεια) we find—στεφανούτω πάντας τοῖς χρυσοῖς στεφάνοις, οὓς ἐγὼ καθιέρωσα δαιμόνων εὐσεβέσι τιμαῖς (OGIS 383.139). Interesting too are the occurrences in Egyptian sepulchral inscrr., as Preisigke 2048 (ii/B.C.) Πτολεμαῖε χρηστέ, χαῖρε, καὶ εὐσεβῶν ἵκοιο χῶρον, and the poetical inscr. edited by Rubensohn in Archiv v. p. 164, where one of the lines runs—
Μίνω σύνθωκος δ᾽ εἰμὶ παρ᾽ εὐσεβέσιν.
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