noun · neuter
sebasmem
Greekσέβασμα (sebasma)
Strong’sG4574
an object of worship
stem sebasm-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** σέβασμα, -τος, τό
(< σεβάζομαι), [in LXX: Wi 14:20 15:17, Da TH Bel 1:27 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4574 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidseb'-as-mah
something adored, i.e. an object of worship (god, altar, etc)
Fromfrom G4573;
King Jamesdevotion, that is worshipped.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | sebasmem | sebasmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | sebasmeu | sebasmeiu |
| to, for dative | sebasme | sebasmei |
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
sebasme 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
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
sebasmeim1×
Acts 17:23“objects of … worship”diercherōtos gar kai anatheōrarōtos teim sebasmeim vu heuriskama kai bōmon en ho epigrafitelē; Agnōsto theo. hem oun agnoarōtois eusebavō, houtem mis katangellamō vi.For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.
sebasmem1×
2 Thessalonians 2:4“object of worship”tos antikeierōtos kai huperairerōtos epi panton legirōton theon ē sebasmem, hōste auton eis ton naon tou theou kathizara apodeiknuarōton heauton hoti atō theos.He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.