adjective

sebastos

GreekΣεβαστός (sebastos)

Strong’sG4575

august, venerated

stem sebast-3 times in the New Testament3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

emperor2×augustan1×

What it means

* σεβαστός, -ή, -όν (σεβάζομαι)

1. reverend, august.

2. In late writers, with reference to the Roman Imperial name;

(a) ὁ Σ., Augustus, i.e. the Roman Emperor: Ac 25:21, 25;

(b) Augustan: σπείρα σ., Ac 27:1 (See further, Deiss., BS, 218.) †

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

Strong’s G4575 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidseb-as-tos'

venerable (august), i.e. (as noun) a title of the Roman Emperor, or (as adjective) imperial

Fromfrom G4573;

King JamesAugustus(-').

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	sebastos	sebastas	sebastem	sebastois	sebastais	sebasteim
object accusative	sebaston1×Σεβαστὸν	sebastan		sebastoin	sebastain
direct address vocative	sebastor	sebastar		sebastoir	sebastair
of, belonging to genitive	sebastou1×Σεβαστοῦ	sebastau1×Σεβαστῆς	sebasteu	sebastoiu	sebastaiu	sebasteiu
to, for dative	sebasto	sebasta	sebaste	sebastoi	sebastai	sebastei

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

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

sebast 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

sebaston“emperor”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 25:25“emperor”mis de katalambema mēdenem axiem auton thanatou prassarē, autou de houtou epikaleratou ton Sebaston krinama pemparō.But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.

sebastou“emperor”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Acts 25:21“emperor”tou de Paulou epikaleratou tērira auton eis tan tou Sebastou diagnōsian, keleuama tērirō auton heōs hou anapempameia auton pros Kaisaron.But when Paul appealed to be held over for the decision of the Emperor, I ordered that he be held until I could send him to Caesar.”

sebastau“augustan”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Acts 27:1“augustan”Hōs de krinita teu apoplarō nin eis tan Italian, paradōale ton tē Paulon kai tinoin heteroin desmōtoin hekatontarchēo onome Ioulio speirau Sebastau.When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.