ὁσιότης
hosiótēs · G3742 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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holiness, divine quality
The quality of holiness as an expression of the divine in contrast with the human
ExamplesLuke 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
Ephesians 4:24 and to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.
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dedication, consecration
The state resulting from being dedicated to the service of God
ExamplesLuke 1:75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.
How it’s used In 2 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀλήθειαtruth 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 4
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 2 words
- ἁγιότης hagiótēs · G41 · holiness, divine quality
- Both terms denote abstract states of holiness. The real, specific distinction between them is one of nuance — a conduct-focused piety versus a set-apart sacred state — rather than a claim that the underlying convergence between the two abstract-quality nouns is invalid.
- ἁγιωσύνη hagiōsýnē · G42 · holiness, divine quality, dedication
- Both terms denote abstract qualities in the holiness semantic field, with ἁγιωσύνη emphasizing the state or quality of sacredness itself and ὁσιότης emphasizing devoutness or reverent piety. The terms are broadly interchangeable when describing the character of holiness or consecration.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Dedication, consecration53.45
- This domain covers ὁσιότης in its use naming the state of consecrated devotion in service to God, as Zacharias prophesies over the salvation to come: “In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days.” (Luke 1:75)
- Holiness, divine quality88.25
- Here ὁσιότης names the divine quality that marks the new self created after God's likeness, as Paul instructs the Ephesians: “to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” (Ephesians 4:24)
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὁσιότητος, ἡ (ὅσιος), piety toward God, fidelity in observing the obligations of piety,…
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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