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
εὐσεβέω (eusebéō): Piety expressed practically toward specific persons or God through reverent action, not mere belief
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εὐσεβέωG2151
Pronunciationeusebéō
What does εὐσεβέω (eusebéō) mean in the Bible?
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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 Itto show godliness1×1 Timothy 5:4
you worship1×Acts 17:23
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 17:23
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Acts11 Timothy1
Source forms
εὐσεβεῖν1xeusebein1 Timothy 5:4
εὐσεβεῖτε1xeusebeiteActs 17:23
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural1xActs 17:23
Verb - Present Infinitive Active1x1 Timothy 5:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Piety expressed practically toward specific persons or God through reverent action, not mere belief
Strong'sG2151
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
to show piety
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 17:23Verb Second Person Plural Present Active Indicative
εὐσεβεῖτε,eusebeite
I am dutiful, pious
Read verse1 Timothy 5:4Verb 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 groups2Aligned forms2TensesPresentVoicesActive
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Tenses
Voices
Indicativestates a fact or reality1×
Present ActiveActs 17:231×
Infinitiveverbal noun — the action in abstract1×
Present Active1 Tim 5:41×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present2
Voice
active2
Mood
infinitive1indicative1
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: