κόσμιος
kósmios · G2887 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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modest, well-ordered, moderate, becoming
Pertaining to being modest in the sense of moderate and wellordered
Examples1 Timothy 2:9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive apparel,
1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,
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proper, suitable
Pertaining to being proper or suitable in terms of being attractive
Examples1 Timothy 2:9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive apparel,
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
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 3 words
- εὐσχήμων euschḗmōn · G2158 · attractive, presentable, esteemed
- εὐσχήμων emphasizes outward respectability and social propriety, overlapping with κόσμιος in the sense of decorous and well-ordered behavior, though εὐσχήμων may carry more weight on social standing and appearance
- σώφρων sṓphrōn · G4998 · sensible, sensibly, moderate
- σώφρων emphasizes mental self-control and moderation, overlapping with κόσμιος in contexts of modest, well-ordered conduct (both appear in similar virtue lists in the Pastoral Epistles)
- σεμνός semnós · G4586 · honorable, worthy of respect, of good character
- σεμνός denotes dignified and serious demeanor, sharing with κόσμιος the sense of proper, becoming conduct, though σεμνός emphasizes gravity and venerability
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἄτακτος átaktos · G813 · idle, lazy, lazily
- ἄτακτος directly contrasts with κόσμιος as disorder vs. order, the opposite of well-ordered and decorous behavior
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Proper, suitable66.10
- κόσμιος describes what is fitting or proper in conduct. 1 Timothy 3:2 requires that “an overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,” the κόσμιον naming this proper, respectable conduct required of him.
- Modest, well-ordered, moderate, becoming88.48
- The same word can also describe modest, well-ordered dress or demeanor. 1 Timothy 2:9 instructs, “I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive apparel,” the κοσμίῳ naming this modest, well-ordered manner of dress.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κόσμον, of three term. in classical Greek, cf. WHs Appendix, p. 157; Winers Grammar, §…
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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