Greek verb · G4576
σέβομαι
sebomaiseb'-om-ahee
be devout
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: sébomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4576is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4576
to revere, i.e. adore
The King James renders it: devout, religious, worship.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
sebomai is rendered "be devout". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 15:9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Matthew 15:9σέβονταί
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- worshiping3
- worshipping3
- they worship2
- to worship1
- worship1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- σεβομένων2
- σέβονταί2
- σέβεσθαι1
- σέβεται.¶1
- σεβομένας1
- σεβομένη1
- σεβομένοις1
- σεβομένου1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-PNI-3P
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2V-PNP-GPM
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PNI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PNN
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · feminine plural1V-PNP-APF
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1V-PNP-DPM
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1V-PNP-GSM
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-PNP-NSF
Matthew
one use
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
- σέβονταίsebontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they worship
Mark
one use
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
- σέβονταίsebontaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they worship
Acts
eight uses
After 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.
- σεβομένωνsebomenonverb · present middle or passive form, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: worshipping
The 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.
- σεβομέναςsebomenasverb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: worshipping
Among 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.
- σεβομένηsebomeneverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: worshiping
Some 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.
- σεβομένωνsebomenonverb · present middle or passive form, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: worshipping
So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.
- σεβομένοιςsebomenoisverb · present middle or passive form, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: worshiping
So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.
- σεβομένουsebomenouverb · present middle or passive form, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: worshiping
“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
- σέβεσθαιsebesthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to worship
There 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.”
- σέβεται.¶sebetaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: worship
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.