Strong's Greek · G4576

σέβομαι

sébomai

devout, religious, worship

Definition

to revere, i.e. adore

Derivation

middle voice of an apparently primary verb;

Appears 10 times in Scripture

Acts 16:14

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.

Acts 13:43

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.

Matthew 15:9

They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”

Acts 17:4

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.

Acts 17:17

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

Acts 18:13

“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.

Mark 7:7

They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’

Acts 13:50

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.

Acts 19:27

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.”

Acts 18:7

So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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