Bible Dictionary: Piety

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Lat. pietas, properly honour and respect toward parents (1 Timothy 5:4). In Acts 17:23 the Greek verb is rendered "ye worship," as applicable to God.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Veneration or reverence of the Supreme Being, and love of his character; loving obedience to the will of God, and earnest devotion to his service.

2. (n.) Duty; dutifulness; filial reverence and devotion; affectionate reverence and service shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PIETY

pi'-e-ti: Only in 1 Timothy 5:4: "Let them learn first to show piety toward their own family," where "let them show piety" represents a single Greek verb (eusebeo), in its only other occurrence (Acts 17:23) being rendered "worship." In Elizabethan English "piety" (like the Latin pietas) could be used of devotion to one's parents (as still in the phrase "filial piety"), as well as of devotion to God. Hence, there is no explicit statement here that filial devotion is one form of divine worship.

Greek

2151. eusebeo -- to show piety towards
... to show piety towards. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eusebeo Phonetic Spelling:
(yoo-seb-eh'-o) Short Definition: I am dutiful, pious Definition: I am ...
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2150. eusebeia -- piety
... piety. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eusebeia Phonetic Spelling:
(yoo-seb'-i-ah) Short Definition: piety, godliness Definition: piety (towards ...
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3742. hosiotes -- piety, holiness
... piety, holiness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: hosiotes Phonetic
Spelling: (hos-ee-ot'-ace) Short Definition: holiness, godliness, piety ...
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1479. ethelothreskia -- self-willed (arbitrary and unwarranted) ...
... self-willed (arbitrary and unwarranted) piety. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: ethelothreskia Phonetic Spelling: (eth-el-oth-race-ki'-ah) Short ...
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2124. eulabeia -- caution
... caution. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eulabeia Phonetic Spelling:
(yoo-lab'-i-ah) Short Definition: reverence, piety Definition: reverence ...
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2317. theosebeia -- fear of God
... theosebeia Phonetic Spelling: (theh-os-eb'-i-ah) Short Definition: reverence for
God Definition: reverence for God, fear of God, godliness, piety. ...
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4748. stoicheo -- to be in rows, fig. to walk by rule
... a derivative of steicho (to range in regular line); to march in (military) rank
(keep step), ie (figuratively) to conform to virtue and piety -- walk (orderly ...
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2153. eusebos -- piously
... Cognate: 2153 (from 2152 , "inward piety") -- venerably, inwardly pious (devout).
Word Origin adverb from eusebes Definition piously NASB Word Usage godly (2). ...
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2428. hiketeria -- supplication
... of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and (2428 ) with loud crying and tears
to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety ...
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1578. ekklino -- to deviate, to turn away (from someone or ...
... From ek and klino; to deviate, ie (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively),
or (relatively) to decline (from piety) -- avoid, eschew, go out of the way ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2617. checed -- goodness, kindness
... From chacad; kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition)
reproof, or (subject.) Beauty -- favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly ...
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Library

The Practice of Piety
The Practice of Piety. <. The Practice of Piety Lewis Bayly. Table of Contents.
Title Page. BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE. THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. CONTENTS. ...
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Whether Piety is a Gift?
... OF PIETY (TWO ARTICLES) Whether piety is a gift? Objection 1: It seems that
piety is not a gift. For the gifts differ from the virtues ...
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Piety.
... CHAPTER XI. PIETY. Most appropriately indeed was the name piety given by our fathers
in the faith to the sentiment which elevates the mind and heart to God. ...
/.../sainte-foi/serious hours of a young lady/chapter xi piety.htm

Meditations for Household Piety.
The Practice of Piety. <. ... THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. MEDITATIONS FOR
HOUSEHOLD PIETY. 1. If thou be called to the government ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/meditations for household piety.htm

Of the Practice of Piety in Fasting.
The Practice of Piety. <. ... THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. OF THE PRACTICE
OF PIETY IN FASTING. There are divers kinds of fasting ...
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Unity of virtue and Piety.
... THE PERSON OF CHRIST. UNITY OF VIRTUE AND PIETY. ... Piety was the soul of his morality,
and lifted it far above the sphere of legality or conformity to law. ...
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The Practice of Piety at Meals, and the Manner of Eating.
The Practice of Piety. <. ... THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. THE PRACTICE OF
PIETY AT MEALS, AND THE MANNER OF EATING. Before dinner ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the practice of piety/the practice of piety at.htm

The Practice of Piety at Evening.
The Practice of Piety. <. ... THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. The Practice of Piety
at Evening. At evening when the due time of repairing ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/the practice of piety at 2.htm

Of Piety (Four Articles)
... OF PIETY (FOUR ARTICLES). After religion we must consider piety, the
consideration of which will render the opposite vices manifest. ...
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The Practice of Piety; Directing a Christian How to Walk that He ...
The Practice of Piety. <. ... THE PRACTICE OF PIETY. THE PRACTICE OF PIETY;
DIRECTING A CHRISTIAN HOW TO WALK THAT HE MAY PLEASE GOD. ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/the practice of piety directing.htm

Thesaurus

Piety (21 Occurrences)
... shown toward parents, relatives, benefactors, country, etc. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. PIETY. pi'-e-ti: Only in 1 Timothy 5 ...
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Nehemiah (9 Occurrences)
... The place of his death and burial is, however, unknown. "He resembled Ezra in his
fiery zeal, in his active spirit of enterprise, and in the piety of his life ...
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Godliness (16 Occurrences)
... The whole of practical piety (1 Timothy 4:8; 2 Peter 1:6). "It supposes knowledge,
veneration, affection, dependence, submission, gratitude, and obedience." In ...
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Religious (13 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and
devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun. ...
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Pity (165 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Piety. ... PITY. pit'-i (chamal, chuc; eleeo): "Pity," probably contracted from
"piety," is tender feeling for others in misery or distress. ...
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Hypocrite (10 Occurrences)
... winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to
be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who ...
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Abstinence (2 Occurrences)
... years. But Isaiah illustrates how soon even the most outraged feelings of
piety or patriotism may grow cold and formal. `Wherefore ...
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Pig (4 Occurrences)

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Woman (4043 Occurrences)
... In Ruth, the converted Moabitess, the royal ancestress of David and of Jesus, we
have an unrivaled example of filial piety, moral beauty and self-sacrificing ...
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Ruth (19 Occurrences)
... The piety and fidelity of Ruth are thus early exhibited in the course of the narrative,
in that she refused to abandon her mother-in-law, although thrice ...
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Bible Concordance

Piety (21 Occurrences)

Matthew 6:1 "Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
(See RSV)

Luke 1:75 In piety and uprightness before Him all our days.
(WEY DBY)

Acts 3:12 Peter, seeing this, spoke to the people. "Israelites," he said, "why do you wonder at this man? Or why gaze at us, as though by any power or piety of our own we had enabled him to walk?
(WEY DBY YLT NAS RSV)

1 Timothy 2:2 for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;
(DBY YLT)

1 Timothy 2:10 but -- which becometh women professing godly piety -- through good works.
(YLT)

1 Timothy 4:7 But profane and old wives' fables avoid, but exercise thyself unto piety;
(DBY YLT)

1 Timothy 4:8 for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.
(DBY YLT)

1 Timothy 5:4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS)

1 Timothy 6:3 If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which is according to piety,
(DBY YLT)

1 Timothy 6:5 constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety.
(DBY YLT)

1 Timothy 6:6 But piety with contentment is great gain.
(DBY YLT)

1 Timothy 6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit.
(DBY YLT)

2 Timothy 3:5 and will keep up a make-believe of piety and yet live in defiance of its power. Turn away from people of this sort.
(WEY DBY YLT)

Titus 1:1 Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God's elect, and knowledge of the truth which is according to piety;
(DBY YLT)

Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up both supplications and entreaties to him who was able to save him out of death, with strong crying and tears; (and having been heard because of his piety;)
(DBY NAS)

2 Peter 1:3 As all things to us His divine power (the things pertaining unto life and piety) hath given, through the acknowledgement of him who did call us through glory and worthiness,
(YLT)

2 Peter 1:6 and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety,
(YLT)

2 Peter 1:7 and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love;
(YLT)

Job 4:6 Isn't your piety your confidence? Isn't the integrity of your ways your hope?
(WEB DBY NIV)

Job 15:4 Yea, thou makest piety of none effect, and restrainest meditation before ?God.
(DBY NIV)

Job 22:4 Is it for your piety that he reproves you, that he enters with you into judgment?
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Piety

Related Terms

Nehemiah (9 Occurrences)

Godliness (16 Occurrences)

Religious (13 Occurrences)

Pity (165 Occurrences)