εὐσέβεια

εὐ-σέβεια, -ας, ἡ

(εὐσεβής, which see), [in LXX: Ord 1,7, Es 33,6 (יִרְאָה), Ord 13,11 (aliter in Heb.), Es 11,2 (יְהוָֹה יִרְאָה), I Est 1,23, Wis 10,12, Sir 49,3, and very frequently in 4Mac ;]

1. piety, reverence (towards parents and others).

2. piety towards God, godliness: ApG 3,12, 1 Tim 2,2; 4,7-8; 6,5-6; 6,11, 2 Pet 1,3; 1,6-7; τὸ τῆς εὐ. μυστήριον, 1 Tim 3,16 ἡ κατ᾽ εὐ. διδασκαλία, 1 Tim 6,3 ἡ ἀλήθεια ἡ κατ᾽ εὐ., Tit 1,1 μόρφωσις εὐσεβείας, 2 Tim 3,5 pl. (see Bl., § 32, 6; Mayor on Jak 2,1), 2 Pet 3,11 (on the use of εὐ. and cognates in Past. Epp., see CGT, on 1 Tim 2,2 cf. also Cremer, 524).†