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To worship

σεβάζομαιStrong’s G4573

sebazomai

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Sebazomai is the Greek word usually translated “reverenced”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.”
Romans 1:25 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • they reverenced 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    σεβάζομαι sebazomai · to worship

    σεβάζομαι (σέβας, reverential awe), [in Aq.: Hos.10:5 * ;] 1. to fear (Hom). 2. In later writers, = σέβομαι, to worship: Rom.1:25 (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.]

    1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
    2. A title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and other of respectable character.
    3. A term of ironical respect.
    4. 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”
    1. The homage paid to idols or false gods by pagans; as the worship or Isis.
    2. Honor; respect; civil deference.“Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee” Luke 14:10
    3. Idolatry of lovers; obsequious or submissive respect.

    WORSHIP, verb transitive

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

    WORSHIP, verb intransitive

    1. To perform acts of adoration.
    2. 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.