[lit. religion + person]
Biblical: devout person mi drang po dang /,,chos pa/ a righteous and devout man (Lk. 2:25), bka' khrims bzhin du chos pa/ a devout observer of the law (Acts 22:12).
Buddhist: A chos pa/ is someone who practices a given religion, not necessarily one who is devout 'dzam gling zhi bde'i don la sems khur ldan pa'i chos pa tsho/ religious practitioners who are concerned with world peace (DLP 21), snang ba de ltar chos pa'i gzugs brnyan bdag I myself am just the semblance of a dharma practitioner (HTE 170), bya lugs byed lugs ldan pa'i pha rgan tsho/,,'dod pa can gyi chos pa brgya las lhag cultured and elderly fathers are better than a hundred selfish monks (KPU 9), sangs rgyas chos pa mang po/ large numbers of Buddhists (SLR 15), chos pa'i gzugs kyis chos min byed srid pa/ possible to do unreligious deeds while having the form of a religious practitioner (GSL 26).
[lit. religious mind having]
Biblical: a devout person dmag mi'i nang nas chos sems can/ a devout soldier [from among other soldiers] (Acts 10:7), ya hu da pa dang /,,de'i slob gsar chos sems can mang po/ many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism (Acts 13:43).
Buddhist: sku ngo gzim 'gag chos sems chen po rang yin pa bsam gyi yod/ we thought the bodyguard was very devout (DPD).
[lit. religion + love]
Biblical: devout: chos la dga' zhing khyim tshang dang bcas pa dkon mchog la 'jigs/ he and all his family were devout and God-fearing (Acts 10:2), de ni chos la dga' zhing drang po yin/ he was a devout and righteous man (Luke 2:25 SV), bka' khrims bzhin du chos la dga'/ a devout observer of the law (Acts 22:12 SV).
Biblical: trust, devotion, belief, faith: dmag mi rnams las chos la dad mos yod pa zhig a devout soldier (Acts 10:7 SV).
Buddhist: See belief.