Quick Definition
pious, God-fearing
Strong's Definition
well-reverent, i.e. pious
Derivation: from G2095 (εὖ) and G4576 (σέβομαι);
KJV Usage: devout, godly
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
εὐσεβής, ἐυσεβες (εὖ and σέβομαι), pious, dutiful (toward God (A. V. devout, godly); εὐσεβέω): Act_10:2; Act_10:7; Act_22:12 R G; 2Pe_2:9. ((Theognis), Pindar, Tragg., Aristophanes, Plato, others; thrice in the Sept. for πΘγΔια noble, generous, Isa_32:8; for φΗγΔΜιχ, Isa_24:16; Isa_26:7; often in Sirach (circa ? and 4 Maccabees (1st century B.C.?)) (Cf. Trench, § xlviii.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὐσεβής eusebēs 3x
reverent; pious, devout, religious, Act_10:2 ; Act_10:7 ; 2Pe_2:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
εὐσεβής , -ές
( < εὖ , σέβομαι ),
[in LXX : Pro_12:12 , Isa_24:16 ; Isa_26:7 ( H6662 ), Mic_7:2 ( H2623 ), Isa_32:8 ( H5081 ), and freq . in Sirach and 4Maccabees;]
pious, godly, devout: Act_10:2 ; Act_10:7 , 2Pe_2:9 .†
SYN.: θεοσεβής G2318 , θρῆσκος G2357 ( v. Tr., Syn. , § xlviii; DB , ii, 221 f .; Cremer , 524 f ., 858).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὐσεβής [page 265]
εὐσεβής occurs in a somewhat general sense in P Flor III. 338 .2 (iii/A.D.) εὐσεβὲς τὸ πρᾶγμα ποιεῖς , ἐὰν ποιήσῃς τὸ βιβλίδιον ἐκεῖνο ὡς ἐγύμνασα αὐτὸ σύν σοι ἐν τῇ πόλει : it is applied to taxes in P Cairo Preis 4 .9 (A.D. 320) ἐγεώργησα πλεῖστα ἀναλώματα ποιησάμενος ὑπὲρ τοῦ εὐμαρῶς δύνασθαί με διαλύσασθαι τὰς εὐσεβεῖς εἰσφοράς . For its use as an Imperial designation (= Pius ), from the close of ii/A.D., see P Hamb I. 13 .2 (A.D. 210) ἔτους ῑη̄ Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σ̣ε̣ουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς Περτίνακος κτλ ., with the editor s note. In the Commagene rescript (see s.v. εὐσέβεια ) we find στεφανούτω πάντας τοῖς χρυσοῖς στεφάνοις , οὓς ἐγὼ καθιέρωσα δαιμόνων εὐσεβέσι τιμαῖς ( OGIS 383 .139 ). Interesting too are the occurrences in Egyptian sepulchral inscrr., as Preisigke 2048 (ii/B.C.) Πτολεμαῖε χρηστέ , χαῖρε , καὶ εὐσεβῶν ἵκοιο χῶρον , and the poetical inscr. edited by Rubensohn in Archiv v. p. 164, where one of the lines runs
Μίνω σύνθωκος δ᾽ εἰμὶ παρ᾽ εὐσεβέσιν .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
εὐσεβής εὐ-σεβής, ές [Etym: σέβω] Lat. pius, pious, religious, Theogn. , Hdt. , attic; εὐσεβὴς χεῖρα "righteous" in act, Aesch. of acts, things, etc., "holy, hallowed, held sacred", id=Aesch. , Eur. :— εὐσεβές [ἐστι], c. inf., Anth. ; so, ἐν εὐσεβεῖ [ἐστι] Eur. :— τὸ εὐς. ῀εὐσέβεια, Soph. , etc. adv. εὐσεβέως, attic -βῶς, Pind. , etc.; εὐσεβῶς ἔχει, for εὐσεβές ἐστι, Soph. :—comp. -έστερον, Xen. : Sup. -έστατα, Isocr.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
εὐσεβής, -ές
(εὖ, σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pro.12:12, Isa.24:16 26:7 (צַדִּיק), Mic.7:2 (חָסִיד), Isa.32:8 (נָדִיב), and frequently in Sirach and 4Maccabees ;]
pious, godly, devout: Act.10:2, 7, 2Pe.2:9.†
SYN.: θεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (see Tr., Syn., § xlviii; DB, ii, 221 f.; Cremer, 524 f., 858) (AS)