adjective
eulabos
Strong’sG2126
cautious, pious
stem eulab-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
εὐλαβής, -ές
(< εὖ, λαβεῖν), [in LXX: Mi 7:2 AB2 (חָסִיד); εὐ. ποιεῖν, Le 15:31 (נָזַר hi.), Si 11:7 א2*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2126 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(λαβεῖν) taking hold well, holding fast, clinging, metaphorically, πενία Refs 2nd c.AD+: literal in adverb εὐλαβῶς, κατέχειν Refs 2nd c.AD+
II metaphorically, undertaking prudently, discreet, cautious, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ πρὸς τὰ μεγάλα τῶν τετολμημένων εὐ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; εὐ. ἀπό τινος keeping from.., LXX. adverb - βῶς Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -εστέρως Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 reverent, pious, LXX+NT: superlative -έστατος, as title, Refs 5th c.AD+
III passive, easy to get hold of, κέρκος Refs 2nd c.AD+
III.2 cautiously undertaken or effected, μετάβασις Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | eulabos2×εὐλαβής | eulabas | eulabem | eulabois2×εὐλαβεῖς | eulabais | eulabeim |
| object accusative | eulabon | eulaban | eulaboin | eulabain | ||
| direct address vocative | eulabor | eulabar | eulaboir | eulabair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | eulabou | eulabau | eulabeu | eulaboiu | eulabaiu | eulabeiu |
| to, for dative | eulabo | eulaba | eulabe | eulaboi | eulabai | eulabei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
eulab is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
eulabos“devout”subjectnominative singular2×
Luke 2:25… kai tos anthrōpos houtos dikaios kai eulabos, prosdechorōntos paraklēsian tou Israēl, kai pneumem …… named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation …
Acts 22:12Hananios de tinos andros eulabos kata ton nomon marturorōntos hupo pantoiu …There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was …
eulabois“devout”subjectnominative plural2×
Acts 2:5“devout”… de en Ierousalēm katoikarōntois Ioudaiois, androis eulabois apo panteu ethneu teiu hupo ton …Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.
Acts 8:2“devout”sunkomizala de ton Stefanon androis eulabois kai poiala kopeton megon epi auto.God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.