Lexical Definition

‎εὐσεβής‎ eusebḗs (yoo-seb-ace') pious ^G:A
from ‎εὖ‎ and ‎σέβομαι‎

devout, godly.

• well-reverent, i.e. pious

Abbott-Smith

εὐσεβής, -ές (< εὖ, σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pr 12:12, Is 24:16 26:7 (צַדִּיק), Mi 7:2 (חָסִיד), Is 32:8 (נָדִיב), and freq. in Si and IV Mac;]
pious, godly, devout: Ac 10:2, 7, II Pe 2:9.†
SYN.: θεοσεβής, θρῆσκος (v. Tr., Syn., § xlviii; DB, ii, 221 f.; Cremer, 524 f., 858)

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

εὐσεβής-ής, ές

(dative plural - σεβέοις [Refs], (σέβω) pious, religious, opposed to δυσσεβής (which see), [Refs 6th c.BC+]: not common in early Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; dutiful, especially discharging sacred duties, πρός or ἔς τινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνὴρ εὐ. (variant{εὐλαβής}) κατὰ τὸν νόμον [NT] more righteous in act, [εὐσεβήςεῖς κἀξ εὐσεβήςῶν βλαστόντας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 589 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ τῶν εὐσεβήςῶν χῶρος, of a place in the nether world, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν εὐσεβήςέων (i.e. χώρῳ) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

__b Astrology texts, αἱ τῶν εὐσεβήςῶν μοῖραι [Refs]
__2 as epithet of Emperors, = Pius, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; especially of Antoninus Pius, [Refs]
__2.b of taxes, etc., due to the Emperor, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__3 metaphorically, of a piece of land, dutiful, i.e. productive, ἀγρὸν -έστερον γεωργεῖν οὐδ᾽ ἕνα οἶμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II ofacts, things, etc., holy, sacred, ταῦτά μοὐστὶν εὐσεβήςῆ θεῶν πάρα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν εὐσεβήςεῖ [ἐστι] c.infinitive, [Refs]; τὸ εὐ., ={εὐσέβεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ὑμέτερον εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὐμὸν εὐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιτῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις εὐσεβήςῶν παραβαίνειν Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III adverb εὐσεβήςέως, Attic dialect -βῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐσεβήςῶς ἔχει, for εὐσεβήςές ἐστι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -έστερον [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -έστατα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Acts.22.12}