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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: 2124. εὐλάβεια (eulabeia) -- Reverence, godly fear, caution</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2124.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><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/16-7.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/2124.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> > 2124</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/2123.htm" title="2123">◄</a> 2124. eulabeia <a href="../greek/2125.htm" title="2125">►</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">eulabeia: Reverence, godly fear, caution</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">εὐλάβεια</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>eulabeia<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>yoo-lab'-i-ah<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(yoo-lab'-i-ah)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Reverence, godly fear, caution<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>reverence, fear of God, piety.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from εὐλαβής (eulabes), meaning "cautious" or "reverent," which itself comes from εὖ (eu, "well") and λαμβάνω (lambanō, "to take" or "to receive").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with "eulabeia" is יִרְאָה (yirah, Strong's H3374), which also denotes fear, reverence, or awe, particularly in relation to God.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "eulabeia" in the New Testament context refers to a sense of reverence or godly fear. It conveys a deep respect and awe towards God, often associated with a careful and conscientious approach to one's faith and conduct. This reverence is not merely fear of punishment but a profound respect for God's holiness and majesty.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, reverence was a valued virtue, often associated with respect for the gods, elders, and societal norms. In the Jewish tradition, the fear of the Lord was a foundational concept, emphasizing a relationship with God characterized by awe, respect, and obedience. The early Christian community adopted and deepened this understanding, seeing reverence as integral to a life of faith and worship.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 2124</b> <i>eulábeia</i> (from <a href="/greek/2126.htm">2126</a> <i>/eulabḗs</i>, "reverent, godly fear") – properly, "a taking hold of what God calls good"; "holy caution," inducing <i>circumspect</i> behavior. <a href="/greek/2126.htm">See 2126</a> (<i>eulabēs</i>).</p><p class="discovery"><a href="/greek/2124.htm">2124</a> <i>/eulábeia</i> ("godly respect") is illustrated by a person carrying a <i>priceless</i> Persian vase across the room – which will always be in a "devout" (respectful) fashion! </p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/2124.htm">2124</a> <i>/eulábeia</i> is actually used of someone doing this in antiquity. See Aristophanes (<i>Aves</i>, 377). </p><p class="discovery">In classical Greek <a href="/greek/2124.htm">2124</a> (<i>eulábeia</i>) also means "reverent caution" (as in Sophocles and Plato).]</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 href="/greek/2126.htm">eulabés</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>caution<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>piety (1), reverence (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 2124: εὐλάβεια</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">εὐλάβεια</span></span>, <span class="greek2">εὐλαβείας</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span>, "the character and conduct of one who is <span class="greek2">εὐλαβής</span> (which see); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">caution, circumspection, discretion</span>: <span class="abbreviation">Sophocles</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Euripides</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Demosthenes</span>, following; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/28-14.htm">Proverbs 28:14</a>; joined with <span class="greek2">πρόνοια</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, Marcell. 9; used of the prudent delay of Fabius Maximus, <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span> 3, 105, 8; <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐυλαβεοα</span> <span class="greek2">σῴζει</span> <span class="greek2">πάντα</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span> an. 377; equivalent to <span class="accented">avoidance,</span> <span class="greek2">πληγῶν</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, legg. 7, p. 815 a., et al. (in which sense <span class="abbreviation">Zeno</span> the Stoic contrasts <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">εὐλάβεια</span>, <span class="accented">caution,</span> as a <span class="greek2">εὔλογος</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκκλισις</span>, <span class="accented">a reasonable shunning,</span> with <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">φόβος</span>, (<span class="abbreviation">Diogenes Laërtius</span> 7, 116, cf. <span class="abbreviation">Cicero</span>, Tusc. 4, 6, 13). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">reverence, veneration</span>: <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">πρός</span> <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">θεῖον</span> <span class="greek2">εὐλάβεια</span> <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span> 13, 12; <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, Camill. 21; de ser. hum. vind. c. 4, and elsewhere; <span class="greek2">πρός</span> <span class="greek2">τούς</span> <span class="greek2">νόμους</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, Ages. 15; <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>, objec. genitive, <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span>, Cherub. § 9; simply <span class="accented">reverence toward God, godly fear, piety</span>: <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-28.htm">Hebrews 12:28</a> and, in the opinion of many, also <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Hebrews 5:7> (cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἀπό</span></span>, II. 2 b.; see below). <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> <span class="accented">fear, anxiety, dread</span>: Wis. 17:8; for <span class="hebrew">דְּאָגָה</span>, <a href="/interlinear/joshua/22-24.htm">Joshua 22:24</a>; <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 11, 6, 9; <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, Fab. 1 (the <span class="greek2">εὐβουλία</span> of Fabius seemed to be <span class="greek2">εὐλάβεια</span>); so, most probably, in <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/5-7.htm">Hebrews 5:7</a> (see (above and) <span class="greek2">ἀπό</span>, I. 3 d.), for by using this more select word the writer, skilled as he was in the Greek tongue, speaks more reverently of the Son of God than if he had used <span class="greek2">φόβος</span>. (Synonym: see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">δειλία</span></span>, at the end; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, § xlviii.; Delitzsch on <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/5-7.htm">Hebrews 5:7</a>.)<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>reverence, awe<p>From <a href="/greek/2126.htm">eulabes</a>; properly, caution, i.e. (religiously) reverence (piety); by implication, dread (concretely) -- fear(-ed). <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2126.htm">eulabes</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ευλάβειαν ευλαβειας ευλαβείας εὐλαβείας eulabeias eulabeías<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/hebrews/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 5:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀπὸ τῆς <b>εὐλαβείας</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and He was heard because <span class="itali">of His piety.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> was heard in that <span class="itali">he feared;</span><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in <span class="itali">reverent submission</span><p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/12-28.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 12:28</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">θεῷ μετὰ <b>εὐλαβείας</b> καὶ δέους</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> service <span class="itali">with reverence</span> and awe;<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> reverence and <span class="itali">godly fear:</span><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/12-28.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> God with <span class="itali">fear</span> and reverence<p><b><a href="/greek/2124.htm">Strong's Greek 2124</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2124.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/eulabeias_2124.htm">εὐλαβείας — 2 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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2123.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2123"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2123" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2125.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2125"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2125" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>