'Devout' in the Bible
Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout and God-fearing men from every nation under heaven.
Some devout men buried Stephen, and mourned greatly over him [expressing a personal sense of loss].
a devout man and one who, along with all his household, feared God. He made many charitable donations to the Jewish people, and prayed to God always.
When the congregation of the synagogue had been dismissed, many of the Jews and the devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, talking to them were urging them to continue in the grace of God.
But the Jews incited the devout, prominent women and the leading men of the city, and instigated persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them forcibly out of their district.
And some of them were persuaded to believe and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and many of the leading women.
“And one Ananias, a devout man according to the standard of the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,