Greek

To show piety

εὐσεβέωStrong’s G2151

eusebeō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Eusebeō is the Greek word usually translated “worship” and “devout”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.”

1 Timothy 5:4 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “worship” and “devout”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

you worship 1
to be devout 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Acts 1
1 Timothy 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture

Acts 17:23For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Greek dictionary

εὐσεβέω eusebeō · to show piety

εὐ-σεβέω, -ῶ (εὐσεβής, which see), [in LXX: Dan LXX Sus 1:64, 4Ma.9:6 אR, 4Ma.11:5 4Mac 11:8 4Mac 11:23 4Mac 18:2 * ;] to reverence, show piety towards; with accusative (elsewhere more frequently before εἰς., περί, πρός): οἶκον, 1Ti.5:4; θεόν, Act.17:23 (Cremer, 525).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “worship” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WORSHIP, noun

[See Worth.]

Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
A title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and other of respectable character.
A term of ironical respect.
Chiefly and eminently, the act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; or the reverence and homage paid to him in religious exercises, consisting in adoration, confession, prayer, thanksgiving and the like.

All definitions and other forms of “worship”

The homage paid to idols or false gods by pagans; as the worship or Isis.
Honor; respect; civil deference.“Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee” Luke 14:10
Idolatry of lovers; obsequious or submissive respect.

WORSHIP, verb transitive

To adore; to pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration.“Thou shalt worship no other God” Exodus 34:14
To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission; as a lover.

WORSHIP, verb intransitive

To perform acts of adoration.
To perform religious service.“Our fathers worshiped in this mountain” John 4:20

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.