Strong G3742ὁσιότης

holiness

Transliteration
hosiotēs
Pronunciation
hos-ee-ot'-ace
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G3741; piety: - holiness.

Detailed definition

ὁσιότης, -ητος, ἡ
(ὅσιος), [in LXX: Deu.9:5 (יֹשֶׁר), 1Ki.14:41, 3Ki.9:4 (תֹּם, תָּמִים), Pro.14:32, Wis.2:22 5:19 9:3 14:30 *;]
piety, holiness: assoc. with δικαιοσύνη, Luk.1:75, Eph.4:24.†
SYN.: see: ἅγιος (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3742 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • holiness2

First verses

  1. Luke 1:75
    In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
  2. Ephesians 4:24
    And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὁσι-ότης, ητος, ἡ,
disposition to observe divine law, piety, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 329c, “Euthphr.” 14df, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.47, “SIG” 654 B 10 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), etc.)]; πρὸς θεῶν ὁ. piety towards them, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 34; πρὸς τοὺς θεούς [prev. author] 2.359f)]; also, like Latin pietas, ἡ πρὸς γονεῖς ὁ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 7.4; πρὸς τὴν τεκοῦσαν [prev. author] 31.27.)]