σέβασμαsébasma
an object of worship: Acts 17:23, 2 Thessalonians 2:4.
Greek (New Testament) · G4574
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Acts 17:23 for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: ‘To an Unknown God.’ This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4 He will exalt himself and defy everything that people call god and every object of worship. He will even sit in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.