Quick Definition
an object of worship
Strong's Definition
something adored, i.e. an object of worship (god, altar, etc)
Derivation: from G4573 (σεβάζομαι);
KJV Usage: devotion, that is worshipped
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σέβασμα, σεβασματος, τό (σεβάζομαι), whatever is religiously honored, an object of worship: 2Th_2:4 (Wis_14:20); used of temples, altars, statues, etc., Act_17:23; of idolatrous images, Bel and the Dragon, 27; Wis_15:17. (Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 1, 30).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σέβασμα sebasma 2x
an object of religious veneration and worship, Act_17:23 ; 2Th_2:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** σέβασμα , -τος , τό
( < σεβάζομαι ),
[in LXX : Wis_14:20 ; Wis_15:17 , Da TH Bel 1:27 * ;]
an object of worship: Act_17:23 , 2Th_2:4 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σέβασμα [page 570]
To the ordinary citations for this word = object of worship ( Act_17:23 , 2Th_2:4 ) we may add Arist. Apol . xii. οὐ γὰρ ἠρκέσθησαν [οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι ] τοῖς τῶν Χαλδαίων καὶ Ἑλλήνων σεβάσμασιν .
For σεβασμός see M. Anton, iv. 16 τὸν σεβασμὸν τοῦ λόγου , thy reverence of reason, and cf. Aristeas 179 σεβασμο̣̣ν ἀποδοῦναι , to pay homage. The adj. σεβάσμιος with reference to an oath may be seen in P Amh II. 140 .10 (A.D. 349) ὀμνύν [τ ]ες τὸν θεῖο [ν κ ]αὶ σ [ε ]βάσμιον ὅρκο [ν τῶ ]ν πάντα νικών [των ] δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Ἀγούστων , swearing the divine and holy oath of our all-victorious masters the Augusti, and the other citations in Preisigke Wφrterb . s.v . ὅρκος .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
σέβασμα σέβασμα, ατος, τό, "an object of awe or worship", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
σέβασμα, -τος, τό
(σεβάζομαι), [in LXX: Wis.14:20 15:17, Da TH Bel 1:27 * ;]
an object of worship: Act.17:23, 2Th.2:4.†
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