Original Word: θεοσέβεια
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: theosebeia
Pronunciation: theh-os-eb'-i-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (theh-os-eb'-i-ah)
KJV: godliness
NASB: godliness
Word Origin: [from G2318 (θεοσεβής - God-fearing)]

1. reverence of God

godliness.

From theosebes; devoutness, i.e. Piety -- godliness.

see GREEK theosebes

Cognate: 2317 theosébeia – properly, God-fearing (veneration); godly respect, reverence (used only in 1 Tim 2:10). See 2318 (theosebēs).

Word Origin
from theosebés
Definition
fear of God
NASB Translation
godliness (1).

STRONGS NT 2317: θεοσέβεια

θεοσέβεια, θεοσεβείας, ἡ (θεοσεβής), reverence toward God, godliness: 1 Timothy 2:10. (Xenophon, an. 2, 6, 26; Plato, epin., p. 985 d.; the Sept. Genesis 20:11; Job 28:28; Baruch 5:4; Sir. 1:25 (); 4 Macc. 1:9 (Fritzsche); (variant).)

Forms and Transliterations

θεοσέβεια θεοσεβειαν θεοσέβειαν theosebeian theosébeian

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