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G4574 σέβασμα (sébasma)
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Quick Definition

σέβασμα, ατος, τό n.n. an object of worship

Strong's Definition

from 4573; something adored, i.e. an object of worship (god, altar, etc)

KJV Usage: devotion, that is worshipped

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -τος | σέβομαι

53.54 · Religious Activities · Worship, Reverence

sanctuary (derivative of σεβάζομαι ‘to worship,’ 53.53) a place of worship For another interpretation of σέβασμα in ACT 17:23, see 53.55.

ACT 17:23

53.55 · Religious Activities · Worship, Reverence

object of worship (derivative of σεβάζομαι ‘to worship,’ 53.53) an object which is worshiped For another interpretation of σέβασμα in ACT 17:23, see 53.54.

ACT 17:23 · 2TH 2:4

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

σέβασμα, -ros, τό, (σεβάζομαι), whatever is religiously honored, an object of worship: 2 Th. ii. 4 (Sap. xiv. 20); used of temples, altars, statues, ete., Acts xvii. 23; of idolatrous images, Bel and the Dragon 27; Sap. xv. 17, (Dion. Hal. antt. 1, 30).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

σέβασμα sebasma 2x

an object of religious veneration and worship, Acts 17:23; 2 Thess. 2:4*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** σέβασμα, -τος, τό

(< σεβάζομαι), [in LXX: Wi 14:20 15:17, Da TH Bel 1:27 * ;]

an object of worship: Ac 17:23, II Th 2:4.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

σέβασμα. To the ordinary citations for this word = “‘ object of worship ” (Ac 1738, 2 Thess 24) we may add Arist. Afo/. xii. οὐ yap ἠρκέσθησαν [ot Αἰγύπτιοι] τοῖς τῶν Χαλδαίων καὶ “Ἑλλήνων σεβάσμασιν. For σεβασμός see M. Anton. iv. 16 τὸν σεβασμὸν τοῦ λόγου, “ΤΥ reverence of reason,” and cf. Aristeas 179 σεβασμὸν ἀποδοῦναι, ‘to pay homage.” The adj. σεβάσtos with reference to an oath may be seen in P Amh II. 140! (A.D. 349) ὀμνύν[τ]ες τὸν θεῖοῖν κ]αὶ ofe]Bacpioy ὅρκοίν τῶ]ν πάντα νικώντων] δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν ᾿Αγούστων, “swearing the divine and holy oath of our all-victorious masters the Augusti,” and the other citations in Preisigke Worterb. s.v. ὅρκος.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

σέβασμα (sebasma) — object of worship. σέβ-ασμα, ατος, τό, that for which awe is felt, an object of awe or worship, [NT+1st c.BC+]

II. ={σέβασις}, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

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