Word Study · Strong's G4575 · Greek
σεβαστός
sebastos
seb-as-tos'
Strong's 1890 spelling: sebastós
“venerable (august), i.e. (as noun) a title of the Roman Emperor, or (as adjective) imperial”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
venerable (august), i.e. (as noun) a title of the Roman Emperor, or (as adjective) imperial
Rendered in the KJV as
Augustus(-').
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- Σεβαστῆς.1
- Σεβαστὸν1
- Σεβαστοῦ1
How it is rendered · 3
- Emperor1
- Emperor's1
- of Augustus.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular1
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- A-ASM-T · 1
- A-GSF-P · 1
- A-GSM-T · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Acts3 occurrences
- Acts 25:21Σεβαστοῦsebastouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularBut 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.”here: Emperor's
- Acts 25:25Σεβαστὸνsebastonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singularBut I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.here: Emperor
- Acts 27:1Σεβαστῆς.sebastēsadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularWhen 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.here: of Augustus.