What does εὐσεβέω (eusebéō) mean in the Bible?
εὐσεβέω (eusebéō): Piety expressed practically toward specific persons or God through reverent action, not mere belief
Greek · G2151
εὐσεβέω
To show piety
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εὐσεβέω G2151
Pronunciation eusebéō
What does εὐσεβέω (eusebéō) mean in the Bible?
εὐσεβέω (eusebéō): Piety expressed practically toward specific persons or God through reverent action, not mere belief
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2151?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to show godliness (1), you worship (1).
Where does εὐσεβέω (eusebéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 17:23. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), Acts (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 to show godliness 1× 1 Timothy 5:4
you worship 1× Acts 17:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 17:23
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Acts 1 1 Timothy 1
Source forms
εὐσεβεῖν 1x eusebein 1 Timothy 5:4
εὐσεβεῖτε 1x eusebeite Acts 17:23
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural 1x Acts 17:23
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x 1 Timothy 5:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Piety expressed practically toward specific persons or God through reverent action, not mere belief
Strong's G2151
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to show piety
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Piety expressed practically toward specific persons or God through reverent action, not mere belief
(εὐσεβής, which see), [in LXX: Dan LXX Sus 1:64, 4Ma.9:6 אR, 4Ma.11:5 4Mac 11:8 4Mac 11:23 4Mac 18:2 * ;] to reverence, show piety towards; with accusative (elsewhere more frequently before εἰς., περί, πρός): οἶκον, 1Ti.5:4; θεόν, Act.17:23 (Cremer, 525).
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 17:23 Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Indicative
εὐσεβεῖτε, eusebeite
I am dutiful, pious
Read verse 1 Timothy 5:4 Verb Present Active Infinitive
εὐσεβεῖν, eusebein
I am dutiful, 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 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 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Present Voices Active
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Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Active Acts 17:23 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active 1 Tim 5:4 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 2
Voice
active 2
Mood
infinitive 1 indicative 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
εὐσεβέω 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