τίμιος
tímios · G5093 · Greek · 13 occurrences
Meanings
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valuable, precious
Pertaining to being of considerable value or worth
ExamplesActs 20:24 “But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of God’s grace.
1 Corinthians 3:12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
James 5:7 Therefore be patient, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.
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honored, respected
Pertaining to high status, involving both honor and respect
ExamplesActs 5:34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, respected by all the people, stood up in the Council and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time.
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
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
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γάμοςwedding, marriage 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
- τίμιος ranges across material value or preciousness as well as personal esteem, while ἔνδοξος specifically denotes visible splendor and glory. The two share the domain of honor and esteem, but diverge in emphasis, intrinsic or material value versus public, visible magnificence.
In the other Testament 1 word
- יָקָר yâqâr · H3368 · precious, choice, costly
- Hebrew יָקָר and Greek τίμιος share core semantics of value/preciousness across both objective material worth (costly, precious) and subjective social estimation (honored, esteemed), making them direct translation equivalents in contexts of worth and honor.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Valuable, precious65.2
- Paul writes, “Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw” (1 Corinthians 3:12).
- Honored, respected87.6
- Luke records that Gamaliel was “a teacher of the Law, respected by all the people”, who stood up in the Council (Acts 5:34).
Word family 18 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon τίμια, τίμιον (τιμή), from Homer down; a. properly, held as of great price, i. e.…
a. properly, held as of great price, i. e. precious: λίθος, Rev 17:4; Rev 18:12, Rev 18:16; Rev 21:19; plural 1 Cor 3:12 (R. V. costly stones); comparitive τιμιωτερος, 1 Pet 1:7 Rec.; superlative τιμιωτατος, Rev 18:12; Rev 21:11.
b. metaphorically, held in honor, esteemed, especially dear: Heb 13:4; τίνι, to one, Acts 5:34; Acts 20:24 (here with a genitive also, according to the text of T Tr WH (οὐδενός λόγου etc. not worth a word; cf. Meyer at the passage)); καρπός τῆς γῆς, Jas 5:7; αἷμα, 1 Pet 1:19; ἐπαγγέλματα, 2 Pet 1:4.
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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