ΘΕΟΣΕΒΕΙΣ, θεοσεβεις
THEOSEBEIS, theosebeis
Sounds Like: theh-oh-SEH-bays
Translations: god-fearing, devout, religious, pious
From the root: ΘΕΟΣΕΒΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective formed from 'God' (ΘΕΟΣ) and 'to worship' (ΣΕΒΩ). It describes someone who reveres God, is devout, or is pious. It is used to characterize individuals who demonstrate a strong and respectful devotion to God, often implying a life lived in accordance with divine principles.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G2318 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:179
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:4
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 6:284
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 18:21
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.
- ΘΕΟΣΕΒΕΣ — God-fearing, pious, devout, a God-fearing person
- ΘΕΟΣΕΒΕΣΤΕΡΟΙ — more devout, more religious, more pious
- 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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