Quick Definition
θεοσέβεια, ας, ἡ n.f. reverence for God
Strong's Definition
from 2318; devoutness, i.e. piety
KJV Usage: godliness
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | θεός + 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.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θεοσέβεια, -as, ἡ, (θεοσεβής), reverence towards God, godliness: 1 Tim. ii. 10. (Xen. an. 2, 6,26; Plat. epin. Ρ. 985 d.; Sept. Gen. xx. 11; Job xxviii. 28; Bar. v. 4; Sir. i. 25 (22); 4 Mace. i. 9 (Fritz.); vii. 6, 22 (var.).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θεοσέβεια theosebeia 1x
worshipping of God, reverence towards God, piety, 1 Tim. 2:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θεοσέβεια, -ας, ἡ
(< θεοσεβής), [in LXX: Ge 20:11 (אֱלֹהִים יִרְאַה), Jb 28:28 (אֲדֹנָי id.), Si 1:24, Ba 5:4, IV Mac 7:6, 22, א IV Mac 15:28 א IV Mac 17:15*;]
fear of God, godliness: I Ti 2:10.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θεοσέβεια. This word, which is found in the NT only in 1 Tim 219, where it is practically equivalent to εὐσέβεια (ver. 2), came early to be used as a quasi-technical term for the worship of the only true God, and hence was adopted as an ecclesiastical title in Christian circles, e.g. P Amh 11. 145° (iv/v A.D.) where Apa Johannes writes to Paul—BovAo]part μὲν καταξιωθῆναι ἀεὶ γράφειν [τῇ oy] θεοσεβείᾳ κτλ.» “ though I wish to be found worthy of writing continually to your holiness,” etc. (Edd.), P Meyer 248 (vi/A.p.) καταξιώσῃ οὖν ἡ σὴ θεοσέβεια εὔξασθαι ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ, and P Giss I. 555 (vi/A.D.) with reference to-a Bishop, etc.: see also Ramsay Luke, Ρ- 384.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θεοσέβεια (theosebeia) — reverence for God. θεοσέβ-εια, ἡ, service or fear of God, religiousness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]