Eusebḗs — G2152

Definition

adjective

well-reverent, i.e. pious

Usually translated as

devout, godly

Origin

from G2095 and G4576

• eû (G2095)
• sébomai (G4576)

Occurrences

Eusebḗs occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (3), 2 Peter (1)

• Acts 10:2 — A devout (εὐσεβὴς) man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
• Acts 10:7 — And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout (εὐσεβῆ) soldier of them that waited on him continually;
• Acts 22:12 — And one Ananias, a devout (εὐσεβὴς) man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
• 2 Peter 2:9 — The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly (εὐσεβεῖς) out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: