ἔντιμος
éntimos · G1784 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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valuable, precious
Pertaining to being of considerable value or worth
Examples1 Peter 2:4 And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by people, but is choice and precious in the sight of God,
1 Peter 2:6 For this is contained in Scripture: “BEHOLD, I AM LAYING IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE, AND THE ONE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME.”
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honored, respected
Pertaining to high status, involving both honor and respect
ExamplesLuke 7:2 Now a centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.
Luke 14:8 “Whenever you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him,
Philippians 2:29 Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold people like him in high regard,
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἰμίto be 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὅςwho, which, that 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἔνδοξος éndoxos · G1741 · glorious, splendid, wonderful
- The target term, denoting being honored or valued, and ἔνδοξος (“in glory, splendid, noble”) both belong to the vocabulary of honor and esteem; the target emphasizes assessed worth or preciousness, while ἔνδοξος emphasizes outward, visible glory or splendor — a real difference in emphasis within their shared sense of honor.
In the other Testament 2 words
- חֹר chôr · H2715 · hole, den, socket
- Greek ἔντιμος emphasizes being held in honor or high esteem (valued status conferred by others), while Hebrew חֹר denotes inherent nobility or high social rank (status by birth or position).
- יָקַר yâqar · H3365 · to be precious
- Hebrew יָקַר (yâqar, H3365) denotes the state of being precious, valued, or prized, rendering Greek ἔντιμος (éntimos, G1784) which conveys honored or held in esteem; both terms express high regard or worth attributed to persons or things.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Valuable, precious65.2
- This adjective describes something of high worth or value, used of Peter's description of Christ as a choice and precious stone in the sight of God — "is choice and precious in the sight of God" (1 Peter 2:4), and of the citation from Isaiah calling Him a precious cornerstone — "A PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE" (1 Peter 2:6).
- Honored, respected87.6
- It also describes being held in high regard or esteem by others, used of the centurion's slave who was highly regarded by his master — "who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die" (Luke 7:2), of Jesus' warning against taking the place of honor at a feast in case someone more distinguished has been invited — "someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him" (Luke 14:8), and of Paul's instruction that Epaphroditus be held in high regard — "hold people like him in high regard" (Philippians 2:29).
Word family 18 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἔντιμον (τιμή), held in honor, prized; hence, precious: λίθος, 1 Pet 2:4, 1 Pet 2:6 (Isa…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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