Word

ὅσιος

hósios · G3741 · Greek · 8 occurrences

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Meanings

holy, pure, divine

Pertaining to being holy in the sense of superior moral qualities and possessing certain essentially divine qualities in contrast with what is human

Examples
Acts 13:35 “Therefore, He also says in another Psalm: ‘YOU WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.’
Titus 1:8 but hospitable, loving what is good, self-controlled, righteous, holy, disciplined,
Hebrews 7:26 For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens;
devout, godly, dedicated

Pertaining to being dedicated or consecrated to the service of God

Examples
Acts 2:27 FOR YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO HADES, NOR WILL YOU ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.
1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and dispute.
divine promises, promises from God

The divine matters which have been promised

Examples
Acts 13:34 “As for the fact that He raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: ‘I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY AND FAITHFUL MERCIES OF DAVID.’

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

σύyou 2
ΔαβίδDavid 1

Named alongside itApposition

2 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰμίto be 2
πιστόςfaithful, trustworthy 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

εἴδωto know 2

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

δίδωμιto give, to grant 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

ἅγιος hágios · G40 · holy, pure, divine: Both terms belong to the vocabulary of holiness or purity. ὅσιος emphasizes an intrinsic divine character or covenant faithfulness, while ἅγιος has a broader application to anything of sacred status — a degree-of-specialization distinction within a shared semantic field of holiness, documenting a genuine register or scope variation between two legitimate near synonyms.

In the other Testament 1 word

חָסִיד châçîyd · H2623 · loyal person, faithful person, godly person: The Greek term emphasizes intrinsic divine or moral rightness, while the Hebrew term emphasizes covenant faithfulness and loyal devotion to God; both denote holiness/godliness as characteristic of those devoted to God.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Divine promises, promises from God33.290: This domain covers ὅσιος in its substantival use naming God's covenant pledges themselves, as Paul quotes Isaiah at Pisidian Antioch: “‘I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY AND FAITHFUL MERCIES OF DAVID.’” (Acts 13:34)
Devout, godly, dedicated53.46: Here ὅσιος describes a devout manner of life fitting for worship, as Paul instructs on prayer: “I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger and dispute.” (1 Timothy 2:8)
Holy, pure, divine88.24: This domain covers ὅσιος describing the Holy One's own divine purity, as Peter applies David's psalm to Christ's resurrection: “FOR YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO HADES, NOR WILL YOU ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.” (Acts 2:27)

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ὅσιοςhósios · G3741ἀνόσιος anósios · G462 · unholy, impious, godless · 2×ὁσιότης hosiótēs · G3742 · holiness, divine quality, dedication · 2×ὁσίως hosíōs · G3743 · holy, pure, divine · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὅσια, ὅσιον, and once (1 Tim 2:8) of two terminations (as in Plato, legg. 8, p. 831 d.;…

ὅσια, ὅσιον, and once (1 Tim 2:8) of two terminations (as in Plato, legg. 8, p. 831 d.; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities, 5, 71 at the end; cf. Winers Grammar, § 11, 1; Buttmann, 26 (23); the feminine occurs in the N. T. only in the passage cited); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. chiefly for חָסִיד (cf. Grimm, Exgt. Hdbch. on Sap., p. 81 (and references under the word ἅγιος, at the end)); "undefiled by sin, free from wickedness, religiously observing every moral obligation, pure, holy, pious" (Plato, Gorgias, p. 507 b. περί μέν ἀνθρώπους τά προσηκοντα πράττων δικαἰ ἄν πραττοι, περί δέ θεούς ὅσια. The distinction between δίκαιος and ὅσιος is given in the same way by Polybius 23, 10, 8; Schol. ad Euripides, Hec. 788; Chariton 1, 10; (for other examples see Trench, § lxxxviii.; Wetstein on Eph 4:24; but on its applicability to N. T. usage see Trench, as above; indeed Plato elsewhere (Euthyphro, p. 12 e.) makes δίκαιος the generic and ὅσιος the specific term)); of men: Tit 1:8; Heb 7:26; οἱ ὅσιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, the pious toward God, God's pious worshippers (Wis. 4:15 and often in the Psalms); so in a peculiar and pre-eminent sense of the Messiah (A. V. thy Holy One): Acts 2:27; Acts 13:35, after Psalm 15:10; χεῖρες (Aeschylus cho. 378; Sophocles O. C. 470), 1 Tim 2:8. of God, holy: Rev 15:4; Rev 16:5 (also in secular authors occasionally of the gods; the Orphica, Arg. 27; hymn. 77, 2; of God in Deut 32:4 for יָשָׁר; Psalm 144:17 for חָסִיד, cf. Wis. 5:19); τά ὅσια Δαυίδ, the holy things (of God) promised to David, i. e. the Messianic blessings, Acts 13:34 from Isa 55:3.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Promise1 occurrence Dedicate, Consecrate2 occurrences Holy, Pure5 occurrences

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