ΘΕΟΣΕΒΕΣΤΕΡΟΙ, θεοσεβεστεροι
THEOSEBESTEROI, theosebesteroi
Sounds Like: theh-oh-seh-BES-teh-roy
Translations: more devout, more religious, more pious
From the root: ΘΕΟΣΕΒΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is a comparative adjective meaning 'more devout' or 'more religious'. It describes someone who is more reverent or pious towards God. It is used to compare the level of devotion between individuals or groups.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2318 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 118:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΕΟΣΕΒΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΘΕΟΣΕΒΕΙΣ — god-fearing, devout, religious, pious
- ΘΕΟΣΕΒΕΣ — God-fearing, pious, devout, a God-fearing person
- ΘΕΟΣΕΒΗ — God-fearing, pious, devout, a God-fearing woman, a pious woman, a devout woman
- ΘΕΟΣΕΒΟΥΣ — of God-fearing, of devout, of pious
- ΘΕΟΣΕΒΩΝ — God-fearing, devout, a God-fearing person, a devout person
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