Sébasma — G4574

Definition

neuter noun

something adored, i.e. an object of worship (god, altar, etc)

1. used of temples, altars, statues, etc

Usually translated as

devotion, that is worshipped

Origin

from G4573

• sebázomai (G4573)

Occurrences

Sébasma occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• Acts 17:23 — For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions (σεβάσματα), I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4 — Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that (σέβασμα) is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.