Theosebeia means “godliness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2317 — chadrak (“Hadrach”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2317 θεοσέβεια (theosebeia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. theosebeia (theh-os-eb'-ei-ah) n. 1. reverence of God [from G2318] It has 8 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include godliness. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
theosebeia (theh-os-eb'-ei-ah) n. 1. reverence of God [from G2318] KJV: godliness Root(s): G2318 Compare: G2124
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2317. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
reverence for God
Usage: θεοσέβεια, -ας, ἡ (θεοσεβής), [in LXX Gen.20:11 (אֱלֹהִים יִרְאָה), Job.28:28 (אֲדֹנָי id.), Sir.1:24, Bar.5:4, 4Ma.7:6 4Mac 7:22, א 4Ma.15:28 א 4Ma.17:15 * ;] fear of God, godliness: 1Ti.2:10.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render theosebeia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2317 (θεοσέβεια) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Abraham said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.
And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom; And to abstain from evil is understanding.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
O priest, worthy of the priesthood! thou didst not pollute thy sacred teeth; nor make thy appetite, which had always embraced the clean and lawful, a partaker of profanity.
and knowing that it is a blessed thing to endure all kinds of hardships for virtue, would not, for the sake of religion, master his passion?
And reverence for God conquered, and crowned her own athletes.
First 8 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2317.
And Abraham said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.
And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom; And to abstain from evil is understanding.
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
O priest, worthy of the priesthood! thou didst not pollute thy sacred teeth; nor make thy appetite, which had always embraced the clean and lawful, a partaker of profanity.
and knowing that it is a blessed thing to endure all kinds of hardships for virtue, would not, for the sake of religion, master his passion?
And reverence for God conquered, and crowned her own athletes.
But godliness is an abomination to a sinner.
For thy name shall be called of God forever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of God’s worship.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2317, grouped by book.
Theosebeia (Strong's G2317) is a Greek word most simply glossed "godliness". theosebeia (theh-os-eb'-ei-ah) n. 1. reverence of God [from G2318]
This page currently indexes 8 linked usages for Strong's G2317 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2317 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as godliness. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2317, with linked reader references where each row is available.