What does εὐλαβέομαι (eulabéomai) mean in the Bible?
εὐλαβέομαι (eulabéomai): Cautious reverence: fear-based respect that leads to careful, protective behavior toward the sacred.
Greek · G2125
εὐλαβέομαι
To revere
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εὐλαβέομαι G2125
Pronunciation eulabéomai
What does εὐλαβέομαι (eulabéomai) mean in the Bible?
εὐλαβέομαι (eulabéomai): Cautious reverence: fear-based respect that leads to careful, protective behavior toward the sacred.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2125?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include in godly fear (1).
Where does εὐλαβέομαι (eulabéomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 11:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It in godly fear 1× Hebrews 11:7
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Usage map
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First aligned row Hebrews 11:7
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Hebrews 1
Source forms
εὐλαβηθεὶς 1x eulabētheis Hebrews 11:7
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Hebrews 11:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Cautious reverence: fear-based respect that leads to careful, protective behavior toward the sacred.
Strong's G2125
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to revere
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 23:10 Verb Aorist Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐλαβηθεὶς eulabhqeiv
I fear, am anxious
Read verse Hebrews 11:7 Verb Aorist Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐλαβηθεὶς eulabhqeiv
I fear, am anxious
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Aorist Voices Passive
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Passive Heb 11:7 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1
Voice
passive 1
Mood
participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
εὐλαβέομαι 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