Acts 13:43
Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
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Religious
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James 1:26
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
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θρησκός
thrēskós · thrace'-kos
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
ceremonious in worship (as demonstrative), i.e. pious
Strong's KJV usage: :--religious.
Strong's first: James 1:26Strong's last: James 1:26
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sébomai · seb'-om-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
to revere, i.e. adore
Strong's KJV usage: :--devout, religious, worship.
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Strong's first: Acts 13:43Strong's last: Acts 13:43
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Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
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If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
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religious
RELIG'IOUS, adjective [Latin religiosus.]
1. Pertaining or relating to religion; as a religious society; a religious sect; a religious place; religious subjects.
2. Pious; godly; loving and reverencing the Supreme Being and obeying his precepts; as a religious man.
3. Devoted to the practice of religion; as a religious life.
4. Teaching religion; containing religious subject or the doctrines and precepts of religion, or the discussion of topics of religion; as a religious book.
5. Exact; strict; such as religion requires; as a religious observance of vows or promises.
6. Engaged by vows to a monastic life; as a religious order or fraternity.
7. Appropriated to the performance of sacred or religious duties; as a religious house.
RELIG'IOUS, noun A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concerns and devoted to a life of piety and devotion; a monk or friar; a nun.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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