ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΣ, σεβαστης
SEBASTĒS, sebastēs
Sounds Like: seh-BAS-tees
Translations: Augustus, venerable, revered, an Augustus, a venerable one, (of) Augustus, (of) a venerable one, (to) Augustus, (to) a venerable one
From the root: ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something that is worthy of reverence or respect. It is most famously used as a title for the Roman Emperor Augustus, signifying his revered status. It can also be used more generally to describe anything that is august or venerable.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine Genitive or Dative; or Singular, Feminine Nominative
Strong’s number: G4575 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 27:1
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 10:342
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 27:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΑ — Augusta, venerable, revered, holy, a holy one
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ — Augusta, venerable, reverend, an Augusta
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝ — Augusta, Sebaste, venerable, revered, august
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΟΙ — Augustan soldiers, Sebastenians, imperial troops
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΟΙΣ — Augustans, those belonging to Augustus, the imperial guard, the imperial troops, (to) Augustans
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΟΥΣ — Augusti, revered ones, venerable ones
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗΝΩΝ — of the Augustans, of the Sebastians, of the Imperial soldiers
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟ — Augustus, venerable, revered, a revered one, a venerable one
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΝ — Augustus, an Augustus, venerable, a venerable thing, revered, a revered thing, holy, a holy thing
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ — Augustus, venerable, reverend, worshipful, an Augustus
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ — of Augustus, of the venerable one, of the revered one
- ΣΕΒΑΣΤΩ — (to) Augustus, (to) the venerable one, (to) the revered one, (to) an Augustus, (to) a venerable one, (to) a revered one
- ΤΟΥΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ — of Augustus, of the Emperor, of the venerable one, of the revered one
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