Be devout
σέβομαιStrong’s G4576sebomai
Appears in 10 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sebomai is the Greek word usually translated “worshipping”, “worshiping” and “worship”. It appears in 10 verses of the New Testament.
“But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”
Meaning
Usually translated “worshipping”, “worshiping” and “worship”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- worshipping 3
- worshiping 3
- they worship 2
- to worship 1
- worship 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 8
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 7:7Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
- Acts 13:43Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
- Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
- Acts 16:14And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
- Acts 17:4And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
- Acts 17:17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
Greek dictionary
σέβομαι sebomai · be devout
σέβω [in LXX (chiefly for יָרֵא, Jos.4:24, al.) and NT always mid., σέβομαι, exc. 4Ma.5:24 ;] to worship: with accusative of person(s), Mat.15:9, Mrk.7:7, Act.18:13 19:27; σεβόμενος τ. θεόν, Act.16:14 18:7; σεβόμενοι (σ. προσήλυτοι, σ. Ἕλληνες), devout, Act.13:43, 50 17:4, 17 (cf. προσήλυτος).† (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.