be devout

Greek Verb

σέβω [in LXX (chiefly for יָרֵא, Jos.4:24, al.) and NT always mid, σέβομαι, exc. 4Ma.5:24;] to worship: with accusative of person(s), Mat.15:9, Mrk.7:7, Act.18:13 19:27; σεβόμενος τ. θεόν, Act.16:14 18:7; σεβόμενοι (σ. προσήλυτοι, σ. Ἕλληνες), devout, Act.13:43, 50 17:4, 17 (cf. προσήλυτος). (AS)

be devout

Greek Verb

σέβομαι, mostly used in present: imperfect in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future σεβήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist ἐσέφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—feel awe or fear before God,feel shame, οὔ νυ σέβεσθ; [Refs 8th c.BC+]; σεφθεῖσα awe-stricken, [Refs] [same place]: rarely with infinitive, dread or fear to do a thing, σ. προσιδέσθαι, ἀντία φάσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: so with accusative of things, to fear to do it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with participle, σ. προσορῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) after [Refs 8th c.BC+], with accusative person, revere, worship, Κρονίδαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πάντων ἀνάκτων κοινοβωμίαν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λυκοῦργον σέβεσθαι worship him as a hero, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; do homage to Zeus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, pay honour or respect to. , θνατοὺς ἄγαν σ. [Refs]; τὸ φίλον [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.b) especially of Jewish proselytes, σεβομένη τὸν θεόν [NT+1st c.AD+]; σεβόμενοι προσήλυτοι, Ἕλληνες, [NT] 3) of things, τὰ βυβλία σεβόμενοι μεγάλως [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) active σέβω is post-[Refs 8th c.BC+], used only in present and imperfect, worship, honour, mostly of the gods, σ. Δήμητρος πανήγυριν [Refs 7th c.BC+]; τἀν Ἅιδου[Refs]; rare in Prose, νομίζεται θεοὺς σέβειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also of parents, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of kings, [Refs]; of suppliants, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σέβειν ἐν τιμῇ with accusative, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ὑβρίζειν ἐν κακοῖσιν οὐ σέβω, i.e. τὸ ὑβρίζειν, I do not respect, approve it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: rarely of a god, Ποσειδῶν. τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρὰς σέβων [Refs 5th c.BC+] —σέβομαι as passive, to be reverenced, ἡ δ᾽ οἴκοι [πόλις] πλέον δίκῃ σέβοιτ᾽ ἄν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σεβόμενον reverence, [Refs 1st c.AD+] II.2) less frequently absolutely, to worship, to be religious, τὸν σέβοντ᾽ εὐεργετεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but in all these places an object should perhaps be supplied from the context. (σέβομαι probably originally 'I shrink from. ', of which σοβέω is the causal; perhaps cognate with Sanskrit tyajati 'desert, let go'.)

Greek

Verb

to revere, i.e. adore; devout, religious, worship; middle voice of an apparently primary verb