Word Study · Strong's G4576 · Greek
σέβομαι
sebomai
seb'-om-ahee
Strong's 1890 spelling: sébomai
“to revere, i.e. adore”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to revere, i.e. adore
Rendered in the KJV as
devout, religious, worship.
- 10occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- σεβομένων2
- σέβονταί2
- σέβεσθαι1
- σέβεται.¶1
- σεβομένας1
- σεβομένη1
- σεβομένοις1
- σεβομένου1
How it is rendered · 5
- worshiping3
- worshipping3
- they worship2
- to worship1
- worship.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- verb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person plural2
- verb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2
- verb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · feminine plural1
- verb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1
- verb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
- verb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-PNI-3P · 2
- V-PNP-GPM · 2
- V-PNI-3S · 1
- V-PNN · 1
- V-PNP-APF · 1
- V-PNP-DPM · 1
- V-PNP-GSM · 1
- V-PNP-NSF · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew1 occurrence
Acts8 occurrences
- Acts 13:43σεβομένωνsebomenōnverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralAfter the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.here: worshipping
- Acts 13:50σεβομέναςsebomenasverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · accusative (object) · feminine pluralThe Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.here: worshipping
- Acts 16:14σεβομένηsebomenēverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAmong those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.here: worshiping
- Acts 17:4σεβομένωνsebomenōnverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralSome of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.here: worshipping
- Acts 17:17σεβομένοιςsebomenoisverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralSo he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.here: worshiping
- Acts 18:7σεβομένουsebomenouverb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularSo Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.here: worshiping
- Acts 18:13σέβεσθαιsebesthaiverb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.here: to worship
- Acts 19:27σέβεται.¶sebetaiverb · present deponent, statement · 3rd person singularThere is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”here: worship.