[B-Greek] use of SEBO and SEBOUSI

Anita Clerke clerke at humanperformance.cc
Sat Dec 15 06:07:45 EST 2007


It seems that SEBOUSI (  σέβουσι )  is a word not found in New  
Testament texts. However when searching perseus tufts' "Dictionary  
head words" under SEBO (the basic uninflected form) I can find  
several instances where inflections of it are used. Eg: Matthew 15:9,  
Mark 7:7 (sebonte in both instances); Acts 19:27 (sebomai); Acts  
16:14 (sebome). None of the inflected forms of sebo appear to be used  
in relation to worshipping Jesus.

Could someone please confirm that SEBOUSI, or inflected forms of  
SEBO, are not used in the New Testament in relation to Jesus?

Could someone please indicate if SEBOUSI, or inflected forms of SEBO,  
are used in relation to worshipping Jesus in early Christian writings  
outside of the New Testament?

It appears that Perseus tufts does not allow a search of Lucian of  
Samosata's works. Could someone please tell me if Lucian used SEBOUSI  
(or inflections of SEBO) elsewhere. And if Lucian did, was it always  
in the context of worshipping a god?


Jonathan Clerke
clerke at humanperformance.cc






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