What does εὐλαβής (eulabḗs) mean in the Bible?
εὐλαβής (eulabḗs): Devoutness rooted in cautious reverence; religious care taken to avoid offending God through carelessness
Greek · G2126
εὐλαβής
Devout
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εὐλαβήςG2126
Pronunciationeulabḗs
What does εὐλαβής (eulabḗs) mean in the Bible?
εὐλαβής (eulabḗs): Devoutness rooted in cautious reverence; religious care taken to avoid offending God through carelessness
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2126?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include God-fearing (2), a devout (1), devout (1).
Where does εὐλαβής (eulabḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 2:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (3), Luke (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 ItGod-fearing2×Acts 2:5, Acts 8:2
a devout1×Acts 22:12
devout1×Luke 2:25
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 2:25
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Luke1Acts3
Source forms
εὐλαβεῖς2xeulabeisActs 2:5, Acts 8:2
εὐλαβής1xeulabēsLuke 2:25
εὐλαβὴς1xeulabēsActs 22:12
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural2xActs 2:5, Acts 8:2
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular2xLuke 2:25, Acts 22:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Devoutness rooted in cautious reverence; religious care taken to avoid offending God through carelessness
Strong'sG2126
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
devout
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 2:25Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐλαβής,eulabhv
cautious, pious
Read verseActs 2:5Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
εὐλαβεῖς,eulabeiv
cautious, pious
Read verseActs 8:2Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
εὐλαβεῖς,eulabeiv
cautious, pious
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (4)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineLuke 2:25 · Acts 22:122×
Nominative · Plural · MasculineActs 2:5 · Acts 8:22×
Word Origins
εὐλαβής is built from these roots: