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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εὐσεβής G2152
Pronunciation eusebḗs
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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Questions this entry answers
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] godly 1× 2 Peter 2:9
[were] devout 1× Acts 10:2
a devout 1× Acts 10:7
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 10:2
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Acts 2 2 Peter 1
Source forms
εὐσεβεῖς 1x eusebeis 2 Peter 2:9
εὐσεβῆ 1x eusebē Acts 10:7
εὐσεβὴς 1x eusebēs Acts 10:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x 2 Peter 2:9
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 10:7
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 10:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Piety expressed through reverent worship and moral conduct aligned with divine honor.
Strong's G2152
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
pious
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 10:2 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐσεβὴς eusebhv
pious, God-fearing
Read verse Acts 10:7 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
εὐσεβῆ eusebh
pious, God-fearing
Read verse Acts 22:12 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
εὐσεβὴς eusebhv
pious, God-fearing
Read verse 2 Peter 2:9 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
εὐσεβεῖς eusebeiv
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 10:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 10:7 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine 2 Pet 2:9 1×
Word Origins
εὐσεβής is built from these roots:
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