adjective

eulabos

Greekεὐλαβής (eulabēs)

Strong’sG2126

cautious, pious

stem eulab-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

devout4×

What it means

εὐλαβής, -ές

(< εὖ, λαβεῖν), [in LXX: Mi 7:2 AB2 (חָסִיד); εὐ. ποιεῖν, Le 15:31 (נָזַר hi.), Si 11:7 א2*;]

1. cautious, circumspect.

2. devout, religious, reverent: Ac 2:5 8:2 22:12; δίκαιος καὶ εὐ., Lk 2:25.†

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

Saidyoo-lab-ace'

taking well (carefully), i.e. circumspect (religiously, pious)

Fromfrom G2095 and G2983;

King Jamesdevout.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

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

eulabstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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

eulabimō — εὐλαβέομαι, I fear, am anxious

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

eulabos“devout”subjectnominative singular2×

Luke 2:25“devout”Kai idou anthrōpos ate en Ierousalēm ho onomem Sumeōn, kai tos anthrōpos houtos dikaios kai eulabos, prosdecherōtos paraklēsian tou Israēl, kai pneumem ate hagiem epi auton;Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Acts 22:12“devout”Hananios de tinos anēros eulabos kata ton nomon marturirōtos hupo pantoiu toiu katoikarōtoiu Ioudaioiu,There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,

eulabois“devout”subjectnominative plural2×

Acts 2:5“devout”Ale de en Ierousalēm katoikarōtois Ioudaiois, anērois eulabois apo panteu ethneu teiu hupo ton ouranon;Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

Acts 8:2“devout”sunkomizala de ton Stefanon anērois eulabois kai poiala kopeton megon epi auto.God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.