verb
sebazomō
Strong’sG4573
I worship
stem sebaz-once in the New Testament1 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.
** σεβάζομαι
(< σέβας, reverential awe), [in Aq.: Ho 10:5 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4573 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidseb-ad'-zom-ahee
to venerate, i.e. adore
Frommiddle voice from a derivative of G4576;
King Jamesworship.
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
Epic dialect aorist σεβάσσατο NT+8th c.BC+:—to be afraid of, with accusative, σεβάσσατο γὰρ τό γε θυμῷ Refs 8th c.BC+
2 later, ={σέβομαι}, ξεῖνον θανόντα Refs 4th c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sebazilaἐσεβάσθησαν | happened · theyaorist passive indicative 3rd person plural | worshiped | 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
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sebazomō | sebazome | sebazomē | sebazomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sebazosō | sebazose | sebazosē | sebazoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sebazotō | sebazote | sebazotē | sebazotelē |
| we 1st person plural | sebazonō | sebazone | sebazonē | sebazonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sebazovō | sebazove | sebazovē | sebazovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sebazolō | sebazole | sebazolē | sebazolelē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sebazimi | sebazima |
| you 2nd person singular | sebazisi | sebazisa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sebaziti | sebazita |
| we 1st person plural | sebazini | sebazina |
| ye 2nd person plural | sebazivi | sebaziva |
| they 3rd person plural | sebazili | sebazila1×ἐσεβάσθησαν |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sebazomeiō | sebazomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sebazoseiō | sebazoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sebazoteiō | sebazoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | sebazoneiō | sebazoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sebazoveiō | sebazoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sebazoleiō | sebazoleiē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sebazimeia |
| you 2nd person singular | sebaziseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sebaziteia |
| we 1st person plural | sebazineia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sebaziveia |
| they 3rd person plural | sebazileia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sebazosōr | sebazosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sebazotōr | sebazotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sebazovōr | sebazovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sebazolōr | sebazolēr |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sebazisar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sebazitar |
| ye 2nd person plural | sebazivar |
| they 3rd person plural | sebazilar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sebazomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | sebazosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sebazotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | sebazonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | sebazovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | sebazoloiō |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sebazimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sebazisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sebazitoia |
| we 1st person plural | sebazinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sebazivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sebaziloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | sebazorō | sebazorē | ||
| acted on passive voice | sebaziri | sebazira |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | sebazorōntos | sebazorēntos | ||
| acted on passive voice | sebazirintos | sebazirantos |
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
sebaz 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
sebazila“worshiped”happened · theyaorist passive indicative 3rd person plural1×
Romans 1:25… tou theou en te pseude, kai sebazila kai latreuala ta ktisia para ton …… of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than …