What does εὐλάβεια · αἰδώς mean in the Bible?
εὐλάβεια · αἰδώς is a Greek phrase meaning "reverence and godly awe".
Greek · G2124, G127
μετὰ εὐλαβείας καὶ δέους
Reverence · modesty
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εὐλάβεια G2124 reverence
Pronunciation eulábeia
Caution and reverence combined: careful fear that leads to both discretion and piety toward God.
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αἰδώς G127 modesty
Pronunciation aidṓs
Shame-rooted modesty: reverent restraint from inappropriate behavior, distinct from disgrace-shame (αἰσχύνη).
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What does μετὰ εὐλαβείας καὶ δέους (meta eulabeias kai deous) mean in the Bible?
εὐλάβεια · αἰδώς is a Greek phrase meaning "reverence and godly awe".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2124, G127?
G2124, G127 is connected to 2 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. reverence and godly awe
Source Gloss
reverence and godly awe
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 5:7 · Heb 12:28 2×
Word Origins
μετὰ εὐλαβείας καὶ δέους is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain