v. Benevolence, Kindness, Kindness Compassion, Mercy
Psa 25:6 Remember, O LORD, your p and your
Psa 51:1 have p from me, O God, according to your
Isa 14:1 will have p of Jacob, and will still choose
Isa 26:10 will show p to the wicked, and he will not learn
Isa 30:18 The Lord will wait to have p of you
Hos 6:4 your p is like a morning cloud
Amo 5:15 perhaps Jehovah .. will have p of the remnant
Jon 4:11 and shall I not have p of Nineveh, that
Zec 7:9 do .. yp each one with his brother
Act 3:12 as if by our .. p we had
1Ti 2:2 that we live .. in all honesty
1Ti 2:10 corresponds to women who profess p
1Ti 3:16 great is the mystery of the p: God was
1Ti 4:7 cast off fables.. Exercise for p
1Ti 6:3 and to the doctrine that is according to p
1Ti 6:6 but great gain is the p accompanied by
1Ti 6:11 follow righteousness, p, faith, love,
2Ti 3:5 will have the appearance of p, but will deny
2Pe 1:3 things that pertain to life and p
Piety (Gr. generally eusébeia, “piety”, “holiness”, “religion”). Eusébeia emphasizes the idea of piety and reverence towards God. However, the basic force of the Greek word is much closer to the sense of piety (1 Tit 4:7, 8; 6:3; 2Pe 1:3, 6, 7). Sometimes eusebeia seems to take on additional meaning as to denote “religion,” and especially the Christian religion (1 Tit 3:16, NIV; 2 Tit 3:5, NIV).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(Heb., hesedh, kindness, raham, entrails, hanan, kind; Gr., eleos, kindness, oiktirmos, compassion).
1. Refrain from inflicting punishment on an opponent or lawbreaker.
2. The compassion that drives one to help the weak, the sick, or the poor: a cardinal virtue of the true believer (Jam 2:1-13) and a facet of the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23) . God’s mercy was shown by giving his beloved son to die in the sinner’s place. Christ’s piety strengthened him so that he could of his own free will make the terrible sacrifice (Rom 5:8). The Hebrew word raham is, of all those used to describe the love of the Lord for his people, the most emotional (Psa 103: 13), which certainly deserves the translation compassion.
3. Piety toward God and right conduct that comes from a right relationship with him. It is the sum total of religious character and actions and produces a state of happiness both present and future. It is not right action done out of a sense of duty, but spontaneous virtue arising from and reflecting the indwelling Christ.
4. The word is mentioned in 1Ti 5:4. The BJ translates piety three times in Job (1Ti 54:6; 1Ti 15:4; 1Ti 22:4), where other versions translate fear (of God) or devotion. The term is very common in RVA and RVR-1960 uses it about 40 times.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
It is feeling pity towards someone who deserves punishment. In the OT this term is related to mercy (“Have p. of me, O God, according to your mercy”). But in the NT the term eusebeia, translated as p., includes the ideas of fear of God, obedience to his commandments, and his religious life. The emphasis is towards practical life. “The doctrine that is according to p.” (1Ti 6:3). In other words, p. it is the doctrine put into action, lived, practiced. A person of sincere religious life was called pious. Thus we are told of †¢Simeon (†œ… this man, just and pious, awaited the consolation of Israel† ). On the day of †Pentecost, “there were dwelling … in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under heaven” (Acts 2:5).
†œAll things that pertain to life and p. they have been given to us by the power of God† (2Pe 1:3). This includes “exceeding great and precious promises” (2Pe 1:4). The gospel announces that “the grace of God has appeared for salvation to all men, teaching us that, renouncing ungodliness and worldly desires, let us live soberly, justly and godly in this world” (Tit 2:11-12). Therefore, believers are expected to seek to walk “in a holy and godly manner” (2Pe 3:11). They must understand, however, that “all who want to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (2Ti 3:12).
some who have p., that is, religious life, “as a source of financial gain” (1Ti 6:5). They are the ones who have “the appearance of p.”, but deny “the efficacy of it” (2Ti 3:5). People who act like this should be avoided.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
type, DOC
vet, (Heb. “ghãhseed”, “pious”, Ps. 4:3; “holy”, Ps. 32:6; “rahghãmeem”, “pieties”, Ps. 25:6; Gr. “thesebeia”, “ adoration” or “reverence” to God, “reverential fear of God”, 1 Tim. 2:10; “eusebeia”, etym. “to worship well”, and hence “piety towards God”; lat. “pietas”). It is an affection and respect towards God and parents. When crying out: “I want mercy, and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God more than burnt offerings” (Hos. 6:6; “mercy” is the term translated in other passages by piety), the Lord demands a response from the heart, a gift of the whole being, instead of a formalistic religion that mechanically fulfills the sacrifices ordered by the Law. Paul, who uses this term on several occasions, writes to Timothy: “Train yourself for godliness… godliness profits all things, for it has promise of this life now, and of the life to come” (1 Tim. 4:7-8). The incarnation and glorification of Christ constitute the great mystery of godliness (1 Tim. 3:16). Sound doctrine is “according to godliness,” because the two things are inseparable (1 Tim. 6:3). Godliness is our main source of gain here below (1 Tim. 6:6), and we must seek it earnestly (1 Tim. 6:11), to truly live “in all godliness” (1 Tim. 2:2; Tit. 2:12 (cf. 2 Pet. 1:6). The mark of apostasy is that of having “an appearance of godliness, but (they) will deny the efficacy of it” (2 Tim. 3:5). Thus, we must give God a worship that is pleasing to him “with fear and reverence” (Heb. 12:28). The godly man of the Psalms is the object of the Lord’s blessing and protection (Ps. 4:3; 32:6; 86:2). The pious Jews and proselytes happily welcomed the preaching of the Gospel (Luke 2:25; Acts 2:5; 8:2; 10:2; 13:43). In our day as then, “all who want to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution” (2 Tim. 3:12). God himself gives believers everything that pertains to life and godliness, and he will not fail to deliver all godly men from trials (2 Pet. 1: 3; 2: 9). Piety is also exercised within the family and towards parents: it becomes filial piety, particularly pleasing to God. For if one does not take care of his own, and especially of those of his family, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel (1 Tim. 5: 4, 8).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Term associated with the idea of compassion, mercy and forgiveness on the one hand and delicacy, sense of prayer, spiritual sensitivity on the other.
It can be defined as the virtue that moves one to feel sorry for the pain of others, whether material or spiritual. In Sacred Scripture the praise of piety frequently appears in the double sense of compassion and spiritual sensitivity.
– In the first sense, it is usually translated as mercy (“have mercy on me”: Mt. 15.22) the term “compassion” (oiktirmos, about 10 times) or “mercy” (eleao or eleos, about 70 times)
– In the second, it is identified with the idea of prayer, prayer, worship (eusebeia) and is found about 35 times.
In Spanish it implies the denomination of a pictorial or sculptural representation of the painful Virgin Mary, when she received in her arms the body of the dead Jesus. Christian devotion to this Marian moment prodigiously multiplied artistic productions, especially in Baroque imagery.
From the paintings of “La Piedad”, by Fray Angélico to those of Mantegna, Rafael or Murillo; or from the sculptures of “La Pietí” by Miguel Angel and Gregorio Fernández, Juan de Juni or Berruguete, the range of these moving images is endless in all times and in all styles.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
(v. gifts of the Holy Spirit, spirituality, popular religiosity).
(ESQUERDA BIFET, Juan, Dictionary of Evangelization, BAC, Madrid, 1998)
Source: Dictionary of Evangelization
Virtue that inspires devotion, reverence towards God, giving him due worship; attitude of a religious practitioner (gr. eusebeia: Mt 15, 9; Mk 7, 7). God listens to those who are sincerely pious (Jn 9, 31). Intimate, filial and reverential love towards parents (1 Tim 5, 4). Reverential attention to the will of God, fear of God (Gr. eulebeia: Lk 2, 25).
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FERNANDEZ RAMOS, Felipe (Dir.), Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth, Editorial Monte Carmelo, Burbos, 2001
Source: Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth
The term piety can be taken in various meanings: as a synonym for devotion, as compassion and mercy (“have mercy on us”), as a virtue derived from justice, as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Thanks to this gift, the faithful, with the intimate conviction of being a creature, a child of God, redeemed by Christ, feels moved to love God as a merciful Father with filial affection and to fulfill religious duties with zeal and concern. The meaning of the expression “practices of piety” (with which prayers and devotions are ordinarily understood) and that of “books and opuscules of piety” is then clear – There is also talk of “pious exercises”: expression of community prayer or individual, which developed in the piety of the Middle Ages and modern times to cultivate a sense of faith and devotion to the Lord, to the Virgin Mary and to the saints, at a time when the people remained far from the sources of the Bible and the liturgy. Among these pious exercises we can mention the Way of the Cross, the prayer of the Angelus, the holy rosary and the litanies of the Virgin…
But in the manuals of moral theology, piety also serves to indicate a virtue that is “a potential part of justice”, which inclines to render the love and honor due, not only to God, but also to parents, to the Church and Homeland. This virtue is imposed in the fourth commandment of the Decalogue, which lays the foundations for family and social life. The authors specify in particular the duties of piety: of the parents with the children, between the brothers, between the spouses, of the children with the parents, with the people of service, with the country, with the deceased.
R. Gerai
Bibl.: B, Neunheuser, Pietà, in DE, III, 167-169; E. Ruffini, Exercises of Piety, in NDE, 406-415; AA. VV, Compassion, Sal Terrae, Santander 1985; F KOnig, Man and religion, in Christ and the religions of the earth, 1, BAC, Madrid 1960, 16-76; R. í lvarez Gastón, The religion of the people: defense of its values, BAC, Madrid 1976.
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