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σέβομαι 1 mostly in pres.

Dep.
1.to feel awe or fear before God, to feel religious awe, feel shame, Il., Ar.; σεφθεῖσα awe-stricken, Plat.: c. inf. to dread or fear to do a thing, Aesch., Plat.
2.c. acc. pers. to honour with pious awe, to worship, Lat. veneror, Pind., Hdt., etc.:—then, to do homage to, pay honour or respect to, Trag.

1 σέβομαι,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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