Quick Definition
εὐσέβεια, ας, ἡ n.f. piety, godliness
Strong's Definition
from 2152; piety; specially, the gospel scheme
KJV Usage: godliness, holiness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | σέβομαι
53.1 · Religious Activities · Religious Practice
religion, piety appropriate beliefs and devout practice of obligations relating to supernatural persons and powers In a number of languages there is no specific term equivalent to ‘religion,’ but one may always speak of this phase of culture by some phrase such as ‘how to act toward God’ or ‘what one does to placate spirits’ or ‘how one worships.’
53.5 · Religious Activities · Religious Practice
piety, godliness behavior reflecting correct religious beliefs and attitudes In a number of languages εὐσέβεια in 1TI 2:2 may be appropriately translated as ‘to live as God would have us live’ or ‘to live as God has told us we should live.’
ACT 3:12 · 1TI 2:2 · 1TI 4:7 · 1TI 4:8 · 1TI 6:11 · 2TI 3:5 · TIT 1:1 · 2PE 1:3 · 2PE 1:6 · 2PE 1:7 · 2PE 3:11
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐσέβεια, -as, ἡ, (εὐσεβής), reverence, respect; in the Bible everywhere piety towards God, godliness: Acts iii. 12; 1 Tim. ii. 2; iv. 7, 8; vi. 5sq. 11; 2 Tim. iii.5; 2 Pet. i. 8, 6 sq.; ἡ κατ᾽ εὐσέβειαν διδασκαλία, the doctrine that promotes godliness, 1 Tim. vi. 3 [see κατά, II. 3 d.]; ἡ ἀλήθεια ἡ κατ᾽ εὐσέβειαν, the truth that leads to godliness, Tit. i. 1; τὸ μυστήριον τῆς εὐσεβείας, the mystery which is held by godliness and nourishes it, 1 Tim. iii. 16; in plur., aims and acts of godliness, 2 Pet. iii. 11; ef. Pfleiderer, Paulinism. p. 477 sq. [Eng. trans. ii. 209 sq. ]. (Aeschyl., Soph., Xen., Plat., sqq.; often in Joseph. ; Sept. Prov. i. 7; xiii. 11; Is. xi. 2; Sap.x.12; often in 4 Mace.; πρὸς τὸν θεόν, Joseph. antt. 18, 5, 2; [περὶ τὸ θεῖον) c. Ap. 1, 22, 25 εἰς θεοὺς καὶ γονέας, Plat. rep. 10 p- 615c¢.) [Cf. Schmidt ch. 181.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐσέβεια eusebeia 15x
reverential feeling; piety, devotion, godliness, Acts 3:12; 1 Tim. 2:2; 4:7, 8; religion, the Christian religion, 1 Tim. 3:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εὐ-σέβεια, -ας, ἡ
(< εὐσεβής, q.v.), [in LXX: Pr 1:7, Is 33:6 (יִרְאָה), Pr 13:11 (aliter in Heb.), Is 11:2 (יְהֹוָה יִרְאָה), I Es 1:23, Wi 10:12, Si 49:3, and very freq. in IV Mac ;]
piety, reverence (towards parents and others).
piety towards God, godliness: Ac 3:12, I Ti 2:2 4:7, 8 6:5, 6, 11, II Pe 1:3, 6, 7,; τὸ τῆς εὐ. μυστήριον, I Ti 3:16; ἡ κατ’ εὐ. διδασκαλία, I Ti 6:3; ἡ ἀλήθεια ἡ κατ' εὐ., Tit 1:1; μόρφωσις εὐσεβείας, II Ti 3:5; pl. (v. Bl., § 32, 6; Mayor on Ja 2:1), II Pe 3:11 (on the use of εὐ. and cognates in Past. Epp., v. CGT, on I Ti 2:2; cf. also Cremer, 524).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐσέβεια. As emphasizing the place of this word and its cognates in religious phraseology, see P Par 291° (B.c. 161-0) δι’ ἣν ἔχετε πρὸς Td θεῖον εὐσέβειαν, and the payments made ἐξ ev[oeB (elas) to the temple of Socnopaeus in P Tebt 11. 2984 (A.D. 107-8): cf. P Leid Wx%i-2! (ii/iii A.D.) οὕτω τούτῳ (sc. τῷ θεῴ) πάντοτε θυσίαζε, καὶ τὰς εὐσέβιας πρόσφερε. The word = “ loyalty ” occurs in the copy of a letter of date A.D. 46 in which the Emperor Claudius thanks an athletic club for a golden crown sent to him on the occasion of his victorious campaign in Britain—éml τῇ κατὰ Βρεταννῶν νεικῇ χρυσοῦν σ[τέϊφανον ἡδέως ἔλαβον σύμβολον περιέχοντα τῆς ὑμετέρας πρός με εὐσεβείας (P Lond 117815 -- ΤΙ]. p. 216, Selections, p. 99): cf. BGU I. 326? (ii/A.D.) τῇ φρόντιδι καὶ εὐσεβείᾳ τῶν [κἸληρονόμων pov, and CP Herm I. 521" (A.D. 266-7) (= Chrest. I. p. 57) κατὰ τὴν ἔμφυτον αὐτοῦ πρὸς το[ὺς ὑπ]ηκόους φιλανθρωπίαν Kal πρὸς Ta θεῖ[α] εὐσέβε[ιαν. In BGU IV. τ197}5 (time of Augustus) a petition to a high state-official Asclepiades, who is addressed—t@ θεῶι καὶ kup(wi,—runs δ]εόμενοι οὗ (1. οὖν) τῆς παρὰ σοῦ εὐσεβήας [μεταλαβεῖν..... Ἴειτου ἀξιοῦμεν κτλ. The religious connotation of the word denoting ‘‘ operative, cultive piety” (Alford on Ac 315) comes out well in the inscrr., as when the Parr ΠῚ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εὐσέβεια (eusebeia) — piety. εὐσέβεια, ἡ (compare εὐσεβία), reverence towards the gods or parents, piety or filial respect, εὐ. εἰς θεοὺς καὶ γονέας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. Ζηνός towards him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. πρός, περὶ τοὺς θεούς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ πρὸς τὸ θεῖον εὐ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὴν εὐ. τῶν πραχθέντων [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, acts of piety, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. loyalty, ἡ ὑμετέρα πρός με εὐ. [Refs]; ἡ εἴς με εὔνοια καὶ εὐ. [Refs]
3. = Latin [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4. credit or character for piety, εὐσέβειαν οἴσῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+]