- θεοσέβεια
- θεοσέβεια, ας, ἡ (s. two next entries; X., An. 2, 6, 26; Pla., Epin. p. 985d; 989e; Gen 20:11; Job 28:28; Sir 1:25; Bar 5:4; Philo, Just.; Tat. 17, 3; Ath. 4, 2; Theoph. Ant. 3, 15 [p. 234, 16].—The word is found as a title in Christian ins; cp. PLond 1924, 4; 1925, 3f; 1929, 3 [all IV A.D.].) reverence for God or set of beliefs and practices relating to interest in God, piety, godliness 1 Ti 2:10; religion 2 Cl 20:4; Dg 1; 3:3; 4:5; Qua (1); ἀόρατος θ. invisible worship (i.e., without images, sacrifices, or elaborate ceremonies, and with stress on the inner life, s. vss. 5–7) Dg 6:4. τὴν ἀπλανῆ θεοσέβειαν inerrant worship, as urged by the prophets of Israel, apparently w. ref. to emphasis on inner attitudes AcPlCor 2:10. τὸ τῆς θ. μυστήριον Dg 4:6 (Wengst 343 n. 34).—DELG s.v. σέβομαι. M-M. TW. Spicq.
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