verb
eusebamō
Strong’sG2151
I am dutiful, pious
stem euseb-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 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.
** εὐ-σεβέω, -ῶ
(< εὐσεβής, q.v.), [in LXX: Da LXX Su 1:64, IV Mac 9:6 אR, IV Mac 11:5, 8, 23 18:2 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2151 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidyoo-seb-eh'-o
to be pious, i.e. (towards God) to worship, or (towards parents) to respect (support)
Fromfrom G2152;
King Jamesshow piety, worship.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
live or act piously or reverently, absolutely, Refs 6th c.BC+; εἴς τινα towards one, Refs 5th c.BC+; of outward acts of service, θύουσα καὶ εὐσεβοῦσα τοῖς θεοῖς Refs 3rd c.AD+; εὐ. θεούς to reverence them, Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, εὐσεβεῖσθαι to be reverenced, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a duty, to be reverently discharged, 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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| eusebavōεὐσεβεῖτε | happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural | worship | 1× |
| eusebarōεὐσεβεῖν | happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive | religious duty | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eusebamō | eusebame | eusebami | eusebama | eusebamē | eusebamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | eusebasō | eusebase | eusebasi | eusebasa | eusebasē | eusebaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eusebatō | eusebate | eusebati | eusebata | eusebatē | eusebatelē |
| we 1st person plural | eusebanō | eusebane | eusebani | eusebana | eusebanē | eusebanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eusebavō1×εὐσεβεῖτε | eusebave | eusebavi | eusebava | eusebavē | eusebavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | eusebalō | eusebale | eusebali | eusebala | eusebalē | eusebalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eusebameiō | eusebameia | eusebameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | eusebaseiō | eusebaseia | eusebaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eusebateiō | eusebateia | eusebateiē |
| we 1st person plural | eusebaneiō | eusebaneia | eusebaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | eusebaveiō | eusebaveia | eusebaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | eusebaleiō | eusebaleia | eusebaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | eusebasōr | eusebasar | eusebasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eusebatōr | eusebatar | eusebatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | eusebavōr | eusebavar | eusebavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | eusebalōr | eusebalar | eusebalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | eusebamoiō | eusebamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | eusebasoiō | eusebasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | eusebatoiō | eusebatoia |
| we 1st person plural | eusebanoiō | eusebanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | eusebavoiō | eusebavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | eusebaloiō | eusebaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eusebarō1×εὐσεβεῖν | eusebari | eusebara | eusebarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | eusebarōntos | eusebarintos | eusebarantos | eusebarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
euseb 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
eusebavō“worship”happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural1×
Acts 17:23… epigrafotelē; Agnōsto theo. hem oun agnoarōntois eusebavō, houtem mis katangelamō vi.… AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim …
eusebarō“religious duty”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×
1 Timothy 5:4“religious duty”… echatō, mathalōr prōton ton idion oikon eusebarō kai amoibain apodōarō toi progonoi, houtem …… a widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show godliness to their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing …