τιμάω
timáō · G5091 · Greek · 21 occurrences
Meanings
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to honor, to respect
To attribute high status to someone by honoring
ExamplesMatthew 15:4 “For God said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,’ and, ‘THE ONE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.’
Matthew 15:6 he is not to honor his father or mother.’ And by this you have invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Matthew 15:8 ‘THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME.
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to set a price on, to determine the cost
To determine an amount to be used in paying for something
ExamplesMatthew 27:9 Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel;
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to give assistance to, to provide for the needs of as a sign of respect, to support and honor
To provide aid or financial assistance, with the implication that this is an appropriate means of showing respect
Examples1 Timothy 5:3 Honor widows who are actually widows;
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
21 occurrences in 11 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 7
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
20 occurrences in 9 groups
- πατήρfather 10
- μήτηρmother 6
- ἐγώI, we 3
- Other words · 6 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀπόfrom+ υἱόςson 1
With adverbsAdverbs
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- οὐnot 2
- καίand 1
- μήnot 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- τιμάωto honor 2
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τιμάωto honor 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἔπωto say 2
- γράφωto write 1
- λέγωto say 1
- ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- τιμήhonor 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- כָּבַד kâbad · H3513 · to be heavy, to be burdensome
- Hebrew כָּבַד (kâbad, H3513) encompasses both honoring/glorifying and being heavy/weighty, making it the semantic source for Greek τιμάω (timáō, G5091) when rendering contexts of bestowing honor or reverence, though τιμάω specializes in the valuation/honor sense without the physical weight connotations.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- To give assistance to, to provide for the needs of as a sign of respect, to support and honor57.117
- Paul instructs Timothy, “Honor widows who are actually widows” (1 Timothy 5:3).
- To set a price on, to determine the cost57.165
- Matthew records that the prophecy was fulfilled, “AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel” (Matthew 27:9).
- To honor, to respect87.8
- Jesus quotes the commandment, “for God said, ‘HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,’ and, ‘THE ONE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH’” (Matthew 15:4).
Word family 18 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon τιμῶ; future τιμήσω; 1 aorist ἐτίμησα; perfect passive participle τετιμημενος; 1 aorist…
1. to estimate, to fix the value; middle to fix the value of something belonging to oneself (Vulg.appretio; cf. Hagen, Sprachl. Erörterungen zur Vulgata, Freib. 1863, p. 99): τινα (R. V. to price), Mt 27:9 (on which see ἀπό, I. 2); the Sept. for הֶעֱרִיך, Lev 27:8, Lev 27:12, Lev 27:14.
2. to honor (so uniformly A. V.), to have in honor, to revere, venerate; the Sept. for כִּבֵּד: God, Mt 15:8; Mk 7:6; Jn 5:23; Jn 8:49; Christ, Jn 5:23; parents, Mt 15:4; Mt 19:19; Mk 7:10; Mk 10:19; Lk 18:20: Eph 6:2; other men, 1 Tim 5:3; 1 Pet 2:17; With πολλαῖς τιμαῖς added, to honor with many honors, Acts 28:10; of God, rewarding Christians with honor and glory in his kingdom, Jn 12:26. (Compare: ἐπιτιμάω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 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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