What does εὐσεβής (eusebḗs) mean in the Bible?
εὐσεβής (eusebḗs): Piety expressed through reverent worship and moral conduct aligned with divine honor.
Greek · G2152
εὐσεβής
Pious
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εὐσεβήςG2152
Pronunciationeusebḗs
What does εὐσεβής (eusebḗs) mean in the Bible?
εὐσεβής (eusebḗs): Piety expressed through reverent worship and moral conduct aligned with divine honor.
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How does the BSB render G2152?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] godly (1), [were] devout (1), a devout (1).
Where does εὐσεβής (eusebḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 10:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), 2 Peter (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[the] godly1×2 Peter 2:9
[were] devout1×Acts 10:2
a devout1×Acts 10:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 10:2
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Acts22 Peter1
Source forms
εὐσεβεῖς1xeusebeis2 Peter 2:9
εὐσεβῆ1xeusebēActs 10:7
εὐσεβὴς1xeusebēsActs 10:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural1x2 Peter 2:9
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular1xActs 10:7
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular1xActs 10:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Piety expressed through reverent worship and moral conduct aligned with divine honor.
Strong'sG2152
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
pious
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Piety expressed through reverent worship and moral conduct aligned with divine honor.
(εὖ, σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pro.12:12, Isa.24:16 26:7 (צַדִּיק), Mic.7:2 (חָסִיד), Isa.32:8 (נָדִיב), and frequently in Sirach and 4Maccabees ;] pious, godly, devout: Act.10:2, 7, 2Pe.2:9.
Synonymsθεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (see Tr., Syn., § xlviii; DB, ii, 221 f.; Cremer, 524 f., 858)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 10:2Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐσεβὴςeusebhv
pious, God-fearing
Read verseActs 10:7Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
εὐσεβῆeusebh
pious, God-fearing
Read verseActs 22:12Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐσεβὴςeusebhv
pious, God-fearing
Read verse2 Peter 2:9Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
εὐσεβεῖςeusebeiv
pious, God-fearing
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 3 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 patterns3Aligned forms3Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineActs 10:21×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineActs 10:71×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine2 Pet 2:91×
Word Origins
εὐσεβής is built from these roots: