σέβομαι, mostly used in pres.: impf. in Hdt. 7.197: fut. σεβήσομαι POxy. 1381.202 (ii A.D.): aor. ἐσέφθην S. Fr. 164, Pl. Phdr. 254b, Porph. Plot. 12: - feel awe or fear before God, feel shame, οὔ νυ σέβεσθε; Il. 4.242, cf. Ar. Nu. 293; τιμῶν καὶ σεβόμενος Pl. Lg. 729c; σεφθεῖσα awe-stricken, Id. Phdr. l.c.: rarely c. inf., dread or fear to do a thing, ς. προσιδέσθαι . ., ἀντία φάσθαι A. Pers. 694 (lyr.); μιαίνειν τὸ θεῖον Pl. Ti. 69d; σέβεται καὶ φοβεῖται . . τό τι κινεῖν τῶν καθεστώτων Id. Lg. 798b: so c. acc. rei, to fear to do it, Antipho 2.4.12: c. part., ς. προσορῶν Pl. Phdr. 250e .
2. after Hom., c. acc. pers., revere, worship, Κρονίδαν Pi. P. 6.25; θεούς A. Supp. 921, etc.; πάντων ἀνάκτων κοινοβωμίαν ib. 223; Λατώ Ar. Th. 123; Λυκοῦργον σέβεσθαι worship him as a hero, Hdt. 1.66, cf. 7.197; προσορῶν ὡς θεὸν ς. τινά Pl. Phdr. 251a; do homage to Zeus, A. Pr. 937: generally, pay honour or respect to . ., θνατοὺς ἄγαν ς. ib. 543 (lyr.); τὸ φίλον S. OC 187 (lyr.), cf. Ph. 1163 (lyr.), etc.; ς. τινὰ τύχης μάκαρος E. IT 648 . esp. of Jewish proselytes, σεβομένη τὸν θεόν [Act 16:14], cf. J. AJ 14.7.2; σεβόμενοι προσήλυτοι, Ἕλληνες, [Act 13:43], [Act 17:4]; σεβόμεναι γυναῖκες ib. 13.50 .
3. of things, τὰ βυβλία σεβόμενοι μεγάλως Hdt. 3.128; ὄργια Ar. Th. 949; ὦ Πιερία, σέβεταί σ’ Εὔιος E. Ba. 566 (lyr.); τὸ σῶφρον αἰδούμενος ἅμα καὶ ς. Pl. Lg. 837c .
II Act. σέβω is post- Hom., used only in pres. and impf., worship, honour, mostly of the gods, ς. Δήμητρος πανήγυριν Archil. 120; πατρὸς Ὀλυμπίοιοτιμάν Pi. O. 14.12; θεούς A. Th. 596; Νύμφας Id. Eu. 22; Ἅιδην S. Ant. 777; τἀν Ἅιδου ib. 780; θεῶν θέσμια Id. Aj. 713 (lyr.), etc.; rare in Prose, νομίζεται θεοὺς σέβειν X. Mem. 4.4.19, cf. Ar. Nu. 600; but also of parents, S. OC 1377, cf. Ant. 511; of kings, Id. Aj. 667, etc.; of suppliants, A. Eu. 151 (lyr.); λέγω κατ’ ἄνδρα, μὴ θεόν, σέβειν ἐμέ Id. Ag. 925; αἰχμὴν . . μᾶλλον θεοῦ ς. Id. Th. 530; ς. ὀνείρων φάσματα Id. Ag. 274; τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρχὰς ς. S. Ant. 744 ( εὖ σέβουσι is dub. cj. for εὐσεβοῦσι in A. Ag. 338, cf. E. Ph. 1320, Tr. 85 ); σέβειν ἐν τιμῇ c. acc., A. Pers. 166, Pl. Lg. 647a: c. inf., ὑβρίζειν ἐν κακοῖσιν οὐ σέβω, i.e. τὸ ὑβρίζειν, I do not respect, approve it, A. Ag. 1612; τὸ μὴ ἀδικεῖν σέβοντες Id. Eu. 749: rarely of a god, Ποσειδῶν . . τὰς ἐμὰς ἀρὰς σέβων E. Hipp. 896: - σέβομαι as Pass., to be reverenced, ἡ δ’ οἴκοι [πόλις] πλέον δίκῃ σέβοιτ’ ἄν S. OC 760; τὸ σεβόμενον reverence, Plu. 2.1101d.
2. less freq. abs., to worship, to be religious, τὸν σέβοντ’ εὐεργετεῖν A. Eu. 725, cf. 897; οὐ γὰρ σέβεις S. Ant. 745; κρίνοντες ἐν ὁμοίῳ καὶ σέβειν καὶ μή Th. 2.53; but in all these places an object shd. perh. be supplied from the context. ( σέβομαι prob. orig. ’ I shrink from . . ’, of which σοβέω is the causal; perh. cogn. with Skt. tyajati ’desert, let go’.)
σέβω sebō 10x
mid., to stand in awe; to venerate, reverence, worship, adore, [Mat 15:9]; [Mar 7:7]; [Act 18:13]; [Act 19:27];
part. σεβόμενος, η, ον, worshiping, devout, pious, a term applied to proselytes to Judaism, [Act 13:43]; [Act 16:14]; [Act 18:7]; [Act 13:50]; [Act 17:4]; [Act 17:17]* worship.
G4576 — σέβω
and (so everywhere in the Scriptures) σέβομαι; from Homer down; to revere, to worship: τινα (a deity), [Mat 15:9]; [Mar 7:7]; [Act 18:13]; [Act 19:27] (Wis. 15:18 etc.; for יָרֵא, [Jos 4:24]; [Jos 22:25]; [Jon 1:9]). In the Acts, proselytes of the gate (see προσήλυτος, 2) are called σεβόμενοι τόν Θεόν (`men that worship God'), [Act 16:14]; [Act 18:7] (Josephus, Antiquities 14, 7, 2); and simply οἱ σεβόμενοι (A. V. the devout persons), [Act 17:17]; σεβόμενοι προσήλυτοι (R. V. devout proselytes), [Act 13:43]; σεβομεναι γυναῖκες, [Act 13:50]; τῶν... σεβομένων Ἑλλήνων, (A. V. the devout Greeks), [Act 17:4]; in the Latin church,metuentes, verecundi, religiosi, timorati; Vulg. (except [Act 13:50])colentes; cf. Thilo in his Cod. apocr. Nov. Test., p. 521.
σέβω ,
[in LXX (chiefly for H3372, [Jos 4:24], al. ) and NT always mid ., σέβομαι , exc . 4Ma 5:24 ;]
to worship: c . acc pers ., [Mat 15:9], [Mar 7:7], [Act 18:13]; [Act 19:27]; σεβόμενος τ . θεόν , [Act 16:14]; [Act 18:7]; σεβόμενοι ( σ . προσήλυτοι , σ . Ἕλληνες ), devout, [Act 13:43]; [Act 13:50]; [Act 17:4]; [Act 17:17] ( cf. προσήλυτος ). †