εὐ-σέβεια, -ας, ἡ
(< εὐσεβής, q.v.), [in LXX: Pr 1:7, Is 33:6 (יִרְאָה), Pr 13:11 (aliter in Heb.), Is 11:2 (יְהֹוָהיִרְאָה), I Es 1:23, Wi 10:12, Si 49:3, and very freq. in IV Mac;]
1. piety, reverence (towards parents and others).
2. piety towards God, godliness: Ac 3:12, I Ti 2:24:7, 86:5, 6, 11, II Pe 1:3, 6, 7,; τὸ τῆς εὐ. μυστήριον, I Ti 3:16; ἡ κατ’ εὐ. διδασκαλία, I Ti 6:3; ἡ ἀλήθεια ἡ κατ' εὐ., Tit 1:1; μόρφωσις εὐσεβείας, II Ti 3:5; pl. (v. Bl., § 32, 6; Mayor on Ja 2:1), II Pe 3:11 (on the use of εὐ. and cognates in Past. Epp., v. CGT, on I Ti 2:2; cf. also Cremer, 524).†