adjective

eusebos

Greekεὐσεβής (eusebēs)

Strong’sG2152

pious, God-fearing

stem euseb-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

devout2×godly1×

What it means

εὐσεβής, -ές

(< εὖ, σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pr 12:12, Is 24:16 26:7 (צַדִּיק), Mi 7:2 (חָסִיד), Is 32:8 (נָדִיב), and freq. in Si and IV Mac;]

pious, godly, devout: Ac 10:2, 7, II Pe 2:9.†

SYN.: θεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (v. Tr., Syn., § xlviii; DB, ii, 221 f.; Cremer, 524 f., 858)

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2152 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidyoo-seb-ace'

well-reverent, i.e. pious

Fromfrom G2095 and G4576;

King Jamesdevout, godly.

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	eusebos1×εὐσεβὴς	eusebas	eusebem	eusebois	eusebais	eusebeim
object accusative	eusebon1×εὐσεβῆ	euseban		euseboin1×εὐσεβεῖς	eusebain
direct address vocative	eusebor	eusebar		euseboir	eusebair
of, belonging to genitive	eusebou	eusebau	eusebeu	euseboiu	eusebaiu	eusebeiu
to, for dative	eusebo	euseba	eusebe	euseboi	eusebai	eusebei

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

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

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

eusebamō — εὐσεβέω, I am dutiful, pious

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

eusebos“devout”subjectnominative singular1×

Acts 10:2“devout”eusebos kai foberōtos ton theon sun panto to oiko autou, poiarōtos eleēmosunain pollain to lao kai derōtos tou theou dia pantou,He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

eusebon“devout”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 10:7“devout”hōs de aperchata tos angelos tos lalarōtos auto, fōnaratos duo toiu oiketoiu kai stratiōton eusebon toiu proskarterarōtoiu autoWhen the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

euseboin“godly”objectaccusative plural1×

2 Peter 2:9“godly”oidatē kurios euseboin ek peirasmou ruerō, adikoin de eis hēmeran krisiau kolazirōtoin tērarō,if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.