Strong G3741ὅσιος
sacred
- Transliteration
- hosios
- Pronunciation
- hos'-ee-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; properly right (by intrinsic or divine character; thus distinguished from G1342 which refers rather to human statutes and relations; from G2413 which denotes formal consecration; and from G40 which relates to purity from defilement) that is hallowed (pious sacred sure): - holy mercy shalt be.
Detailed definition
ὅσιος, -ον
(so sometimes in cl., but most frequently -α, -ον), [in LXX chiefly for חָסִיד, also for טָהוֹר, יָשָׁר, תָּמִים;]
religiously right, righteous, pious, Holy: of men, Tit.1:8. Heb.7:26; by meton., ὁ. χεῖρας, 1Ti.2:8 (cf. Deu.32:4); of God, Rev.15:4 16:5; as subst., ὁ ὅ., of the Messiah, Act.2:27 13:35" (LXX); τὰ ὅ. Δανεὶδ τ. πιστά (Field, Notes, 121), Act.13:34 (LXX).†
SYN.: see: ἅγιος (cf. also DB, ii, 399.b; iv, 352.b, and ref. see word -ίως) (AS)
(so sometimes in cl., but most frequently -α, -ον), [in LXX chiefly for חָסִיד, also for טָהוֹר, יָשָׁר, תָּמִים;]
religiously right, righteous, pious, Holy: of men, Tit.1:8. Heb.7:26; by meton., ὁ. χεῖρας, 1Ti.2:8 (cf. Deu.32:4); of God, Rev.15:4 16:5; as subst., ὁ ὅ., of the Messiah, Act.2:27 13:35" (LXX); τὰ ὅ. Δανεὶδ τ. πιστά (Field, Notes, 121), Act.13:34 (LXX).†
SYN.: see: ἅγιος (cf. also DB, ii, 399.b; iv, 352.b, and ref. see word -ίως) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3741 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- holy6
- mercy1
- shalt1
First verses
- Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Acts 13:34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
- Acts 13:35Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- 1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
- Titus 1:8But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
- Hebrews 7:26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
- Revelation 15:4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
- Revelation 16:5And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὅσι-ος, α, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 831d, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.71)]:— hallowed, i. e. sanctioned or allowed by the law of God or of nature, δίκη [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 132; θοῖναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 529 (Lyric poetry); λουτρά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1405 (_anapaest meter_); καθαρμοί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 77 (Lyric poetry); μέλος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 898)]; οὐχ ὅ. unhallowed, ὕβρις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 374 (Lyric poetry); ἔρως [prev. author] “Hipp.” 764 (Lyric poetry); θυσίαι [prev. author] “IT” 465 (_anapaest meter_).)] —The sense of ὅσιος often depends on its relation on the one hand to δίκαιος (sanctioned by human law), on the other to ἱερός (sacred to the gods):
1 opposed to δίκαιος, sanctioned by divine law, hallowed, holy (μόριον τοῦ δικαίου τὸ ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 12d), δικαιότερον καὶ ὁσιώτερον καὶ πρὸς θεῶν καὶ πρὸς ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.25; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους δίκαια καὶ τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς ὅ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.10.8: hence, in a common antithesis, τὰ δίκαια καὶ ὅ.)] things of human and divine ordinance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 301d, etc., compare “Euthphr.” 6e; also ὅ. καὶ νόμιμα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 676 (Lyric poetry); οὐ.. νόμιμον οὐδ᾽ ὅ. ἂν εἴη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 861d)]; θεοὺς ὅσιόν τι δρᾶν discharge a duty men owe the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 40, compare “Hipp.” 1081)]; τὸ ὅσιον, ={εὐσέβεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5d)]: in an imprecatory formula, ἀποδοῦσι μὲν αὐτοῖς ὅσια ᾖ, μὴ ἀποδοῦσι δὲ ἀνόσια [Refs (“SIG” 1199 (from Cnidus), compare ἀνοσία 11; so ὅ. καὶ ἐλεύθερα [prev. work]1180.6 ([prev. passage]).)]
2 opposed to ἱερός, permitted or not forbidden by divine law, profane, ἱερὰ καὶ ὅ. things sacred and profane, ἐς ὀλιγωρίαν ἐτράποντο καὶ ἱερῶν καὶ ὁ. ὁμοίως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.52, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344a, “Lg.” 857b, etc.)]; κοσμεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τοῖς ἱεροῖς καὶ τοῖς ὁ. with sacred and profane buildings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.66; τῶν ἱερῶν μὲν χρημάτων τοὺς θεούς, τῶν ὁ. δὲ τὴν πόλιν ἀποστερεῖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.9; ἀργυρίου ὁσίου “IG” 12.186.13; ὁ ταμίας τῶν ὁ. προσόδων “OGI” 229.58 (Smyrna, 3rd c.BC))]; ὁ ταμίας τῶν ὁ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 1.366.58 (Samos, 3rd c.BC))]; ὅ. χωρίον a lawful place (for giving birth to a child), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 743)]; ὅσιόν ἐστι followed by infinitive, it is lawful, not forbidden by any law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1045, etc.; οὐκ ὅσιόν ἐστι)]nefas est, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.81)]; οὐκ ὅσιον ποιεῦμαι I deem it impious, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.170, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 5.3)]; οὐδὲ ὅσια (i.e. ἐστι).. μιαίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 416e; οὐ γάρ σοι θέμις οὐδ᾽ ὅσιον.. ἱστάναι κτερίσματα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 432; ὅσια ποιέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86)].α; λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.79; φωνεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 662; φρονεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1203 (Lyric poetry).)]
II of persons, pious, devout, religious, ἄνδρες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 27 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 850 (Lyric poetry), etc.; Παλλάδος ὁ. πόλις [prev. author] “El.” 1320 (_anapaest meter_))]; ὅ. θιασῶται, μύσται, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 327, 336 (both Lyric poetry); ἐμαυτὸν ὅ. καὶ δίκαιον παρέχειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.2; ὅσιοι πρὸς οὐ δικαίους ἱστάμεθα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.104)]; opposed to ἀνόσιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 547)]; opposed to ἐπίορκος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.25)]; ὅσιος εἴς τινα, περὶ ξένους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 719, “Cyc.” 125; πρὸς τοὺς τοκέας 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista 6.)]
II.2 sinless, pure, ἐξ ὁ. στομάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 4.2)]; ὅ. ἔστω καὶ εὐαγής Legal Solonis cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.96: with _genitive_, ἱερῶν πατρῴων ὅσιος)] in regard to the sacred rites of his forefathers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1015; ὅσιος ἀπ᾽ εὐνᾶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 150 (Lyric poetry))]; also ὅσιαι χέρες pure, clean hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 378 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 470.)]
II.3 rarely of the gods, holy, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 77.2; θεοῖς ὁ. καὶ δικαίοις “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3830 (from Cotyaeum), compare 3594 (Alexandria Troas).)]
II.4 title of five special priests at Delphi, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.292d, 365a.)]
II.5 οἱ ὅσιοι 'the saints', [LXX (LXX.Psa.29(30).4, +others)]
III adverb ὁσίως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.12, etc.; ὁ. οὔχ, ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκας δέ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 63 (Lyric poetry); οὐχ ὁ. [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1287 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.5 (variant); καλῶς καὶ ὁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113d; δικαίως καὶ ὁ. [prev. author] “R.” 331a; ὁ. καὶ κατὰ νόμον [prev. author] “Lg.” 799b)]; ὁ. ἂν ὑμῖν ἔχοι τοῦτον θύειν.. it would be right for you that he should.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.26: with)]participle, ὁ. ἂν ἔχοι αὐτῷ μὴ δεχομένῳ.. [Refs ([prev. author] “HG” 4.7.2)]: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1194, etc.)]: superlative, ὡς -ώτατα διαβιῶναι τὸν βίον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 81b, etc. (Not in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, who has only _substantive_ ὁσίη, see at {ὁσία}.))]
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 831d, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.71)]:— hallowed, i. e. sanctioned or allowed by the law of God or of nature, δίκη [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 132; θοῖναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 529 (Lyric poetry); λουτρά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1405 (_anapaest meter_); καθαρμοί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 77 (Lyric poetry); μέλος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 898)]; οὐχ ὅ. unhallowed, ὕβρις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 374 (Lyric poetry); ἔρως [prev. author] “Hipp.” 764 (Lyric poetry); θυσίαι [prev. author] “IT” 465 (_anapaest meter_).)] —The sense of ὅσιος often depends on its relation on the one hand to δίκαιος (sanctioned by human law), on the other to ἱερός (sacred to the gods):
1 opposed to δίκαιος, sanctioned by divine law, hallowed, holy (μόριον τοῦ δικαίου τὸ ὅ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 12d), δικαιότερον καὶ ὁσιώτερον καὶ πρὸς θεῶν καὶ πρὸς ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.25; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους δίκαια καὶ τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς ὅ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.10.8: hence, in a common antithesis, τὰ δίκαια καὶ ὅ.)] things of human and divine ordinance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 301d, etc., compare “Euthphr.” 6e; also ὅ. καὶ νόμιμα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 676 (Lyric poetry); οὐ.. νόμιμον οὐδ᾽ ὅ. ἂν εἴη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 861d)]; θεοὺς ὅσιόν τι δρᾶν discharge a duty men owe the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 40, compare “Hipp.” 1081)]; τὸ ὅσιον, ={εὐσέβεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 5d)]: in an imprecatory formula, ἀποδοῦσι μὲν αὐτοῖς ὅσια ᾖ, μὴ ἀποδοῦσι δὲ ἀνόσια [Refs (“SIG” 1199 (from Cnidus), compare ἀνοσία 11; so ὅ. καὶ ἐλεύθερα [prev. work]1180.6 ([prev. passage]).)]
2 opposed to ἱερός, permitted or not forbidden by divine law, profane, ἱερὰ καὶ ὅ. things sacred and profane, ἐς ὀλιγωρίαν ἐτράποντο καὶ ἱερῶν καὶ ὁ. ὁμοίως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.52, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 344a, “Lg.” 857b, etc.)]; κοσμεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τοῖς ἱεροῖς καὶ τοῖς ὁ. with sacred and profane buildings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.66; τῶν ἱερῶν μὲν χρημάτων τοὺς θεούς, τῶν ὁ. δὲ τὴν πόλιν ἀποστερεῖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.9; ἀργυρίου ὁσίου “IG” 12.186.13; ὁ ταμίας τῶν ὁ. προσόδων “OGI” 229.58 (Smyrna, 3rd c.BC))]; ὁ ταμίας τῶν ὁ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Supp.epigram” 1.366.58 (Samos, 3rd c.BC))]; ὅ. χωρίον a lawful place (for giving birth to a child), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 743)]; ὅσιόν ἐστι followed by infinitive, it is lawful, not forbidden by any law, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1045, etc.; οὐκ ὅσιόν ἐστι)]nefas est, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.81)]; οὐκ ὅσιον ποιεῦμαι I deem it impious, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.170, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 5.3)]; οὐδὲ ὅσια (i.e. ἐστι).. μιαίνειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 416e; οὐ γάρ σοι θέμις οὐδ᾽ ὅσιον.. ἱστάναι κτερίσματα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 432; ὅσια ποιέειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.86)].α; λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.79; φωνεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 662; φρονεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1203 (Lyric poetry).)]
II of persons, pious, devout, religious, ἄνδρες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 27 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 850 (Lyric poetry), etc.; Παλλάδος ὁ. πόλις [prev. author] “El.” 1320 (_anapaest meter_))]; ὅ. θιασῶται, μύσται, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 327, 336 (both Lyric poetry); ἐμαυτὸν ὅ. καὶ δίκαιον παρέχειν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.2.2; ὅσιοι πρὸς οὐ δικαίους ἱστάμεθα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.104)]; opposed to ἀνόσιος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 547)]; opposed to ἐπίορκος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.6.25)]; ὅσιος εἴς τινα, περὶ ξένους, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 719, “Cyc.” 125; πρὸς τοὺς τοκέας 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista 6.)]
II.2 sinless, pure, ἐξ ὁ. στομάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 4.2)]; ὅ. ἔστω καὶ εὐαγής Legal Solonis cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.96: with _genitive_, ἱερῶν πατρῴων ὅσιος)] in regard to the sacred rites of his forefathers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1015; ὅσιος ἀπ᾽ εὐνᾶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 150 (Lyric poetry))]; also ὅσιαι χέρες pure, clean hands, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 378 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 470.)]
II.3 rarely of the gods, holy, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Hymni” 77.2; θεοῖς ὁ. καὶ δικαίοις “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3830 (from Cotyaeum), compare 3594 (Alexandria Troas).)]
II.4 title of five special priests at Delphi, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.292d, 365a.)]
II.5 οἱ ὅσιοι 'the saints', [LXX (LXX.Psa.29(30).4, +others)]
III adverb ὁσίως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.12, etc.; ὁ. οὔχ, ὑπ᾽ ἀνάγκας δέ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 63 (Lyric poetry); οὐχ ὁ. [prev. author] “Hipp.” 1287 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.5 (variant); καλῶς καὶ ὁ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 113d; δικαίως καὶ ὁ. [prev. author] “R.” 331a; ὁ. καὶ κατὰ νόμον [prev. author] “Lg.” 799b)]; ὁ. ἂν ὑμῖν ἔχοι τοῦτον θύειν.. it would be right for you that he should.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.26: with)]participle, ὁ. ἂν ἔχοι αὐτῷ μὴ δεχομένῳ.. [Refs ([prev. author] “HG” 4.7.2)]: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1194, etc.)]: superlative, ὡς -ώτατα διαβιῶναι τὸν βίον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 81b, etc. (Not in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, who has only _substantive_ ὁσίη, see at {ὁσία}.))]