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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 4573. σεβάζομαι (sebazomai) -- To worship, to venerate, to revere</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/4573.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/romans/9-23.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/4573.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 4573</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/4572.htm" title="4572">◄</a> 4573. sebazomai <a href="../greek/4574.htm" title="4574">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">sebazomai: To worship, to venerate, to revere</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">σεβάζομαι</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>sebazomai<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>seb-AD-zom-ahee<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(seb-ad'-zom-ahee)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To worship, to venerate, to revere<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I worship, stand in awe of.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root word σέβας (sebas), meaning "reverence" or "awe."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of worship or reverence is יָרֵא (yare, Strong's H3372), which means to fear, revere, or be in awe of.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "sebazomai" is used to express the act of showing reverence or worship, often in a religious context. It implies a deep respect or awe towards a deity or sacred entity. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the misplaced reverence or worship of created things rather than the Creator.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, worship and reverence were common practices directed towards a pantheon of gods and goddesses. The act of worship was not only a religious duty but also a social and cultural norm. The early Christians, however, were called to direct their worship solely to the one true God, rejecting the idolatry prevalent in their society. This often set them apart and led to persecution.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 4573</b> <i>sebázomai</i> – to revere; be in awe by one's own <i>twisted</i> definition of what deserves reverence (used only in Ro 1:25). <a href="/greek/4576.htm">See 4576</a> (<i>sebomai</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from a derivation of <a href="/greek/4576.htm">sebó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to fear, spec. to have reverential awe<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>worshiped (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4573: σεβάζομαι</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">σεβάζομαι</span></span>: (<span class="greek2">σέβας</span> reverence, awe); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">to fear, be afraid</span>: <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span>, Iliad 6, 167. 417. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> in later authors equivalent to <span class="greek2">σέβομαι</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 2, 1 b.), <span class="accented">to honor religiously, to worship</span>: with 1 aorist passive <span class="greek2">ἐσεβασθην</span> in an active sense, <a href="/interlinear/romans/1-25.htm">Romans 1:25</a> (the <span class="abbreviation">Orphica</span>, Argon. 554; ecclesiastical writings).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>worship. <p>Middle voice from a derivative of <a href="/greek/4576.htm">sebomai</a>; to venerate, i.e. Adore -- worship. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4576.htm">sebomai</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εσεβασθησαν εσεβάσθησαν ἐσεβάσθησαν esebasthesan esebasthēsan esebásthesan esebásthēsan<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/1-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 1:25</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural">V-AIM-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ψεύδει καὶ <b>ἐσεβάσθησαν</b> καὶ ἐλάτρευσαν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for a lie, <span class="itali">and worshiped</span> and served<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a lie, and <span class="itali">worshipped</span> and served<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/1-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> falsehood and <span class="itali">reverenced</span> and served<p><b><a href="/greek/4573.htm">Strong's Greek 4573</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4573.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/esebasthe_san_4573.htm">ἐσεβάσθησαν — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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