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Devout [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Yielding a solemn and reverential attention to God in religious exercises, particularly in prayer.

2. We must be constant and devout in the worship of God.

3. Pious; devoted to religion; religious.

4. Simeon was a just man and devout Luke 2:25 .

5. DEVOUT men carried Stephen to his burial. Acts 8:2 .

6. Expressing devotion or piety; as, with eyes devout

7. Sincere; solemn; earnest; as, you have my devout wishes for your safety.

Devout [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A devotee. [Not used.]

Devout [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A devotee.

2. A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.

Devout [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.

2. Expressing devotion or piety; as, eyes devout; sighs devout; a devout posture.

3. Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; as, devout wishes for one's welfare.

Devoutful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Full of devotion.

2. Sacred.

Devoutless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Destitute of devotion.

Devoutless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Destitute of devotion.

Devoutlessness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Want of devotion.

Devoutly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. With solemn attention and reverence to God; with ardent devotion.

2. He was devoutly engaged in prayer.

3. Piously; religiously; with pious thoughts; as, he viewed the cross devoutly

4. Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly; as, a consummation devoutly to be wished.

Devoutly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. In a devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions; piously.

2. Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly.

Devoutness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The quality or state of being devout.

Devoutness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Quality or state of being devout.

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10 KJV and 6 BSB verses contain “devout”

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.

Luke 2:25

And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

Acts 2:5

And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.

Acts 8:2

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

Acts 10:2

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

Acts 10:7

And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;

When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

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.

After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

Acts 13:50

But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.

Acts 17:4

And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.

Acts 17:17

Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.

So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the marketplace with those he met each day.

Acts 22:12

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,

2 Maccabees 1:19

For when our fathers were led into Persia, the priests that were then devout took the fire of the altar privily, and hid it in an hollow place of a pit without water, where they kept it sure, so that the place was unknown to all men.