Strong G4586σεμνός
noble
- Transliteration
- semnos
- Pronunciation
- sem-nos'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G4576; venerable that is honorable: - grave honest.
Detailed definition
σεμνός, -ή, -όν
(σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pro.6:8 8:6 15:26, 2Ma.6:11 2Mac 6:28 2Mac 8:15, 4Ma.5:36 4Mac 7:15 4Mac 17:5 *;]
1. reverend, august, venerable, in cl. of the gods and also of human beings.
2. grave, serious; of persons: 1Ti.3:8 3:11, Tit.2:2; of things: Php.4:8 (see Tr., Syn., § xcii; Cremer, 37; MM, xxii).†
(AS)
(σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pro.6:8 8:6 15:26, 2Ma.6:11 2Mac 6:28 2Mac 8:15, 4Ma.5:36 4Mac 7:15 4Mac 17:5 *;]
1. reverend, august, venerable, in cl. of the gods and also of human beings.
2. grave, serious; of persons: 1Ti.3:8 3:11, Tit.2:2; of things: Php.4:8 (see Tr., Syn., § xcii; Cremer, 37; MM, xxii).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4586 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- grave3
- honest1
First verses
- Philippians 4:8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
- 1 Timothy 3:8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
- 1 Timothy 3:11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
- Titus 2:2That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
σεμνός,, ή, όν,
(σέβομαι) revered, august, holy:
I properly of gods, e.g. Demeter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 1, 486; Hecate, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.79; Thetis, [prev. author] “N.” 5.25; Apollo, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 800; Poseidon, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 55; Pallas Athena, [prev. work] 1090 (Lyric poetry))]; at Athens the Erinyes were specially the σεμναὶ θεαί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 837, “OC” 90, 458, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1312, “Th.” 224, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, Autocl. cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1398b26)]; or simply Σεμναί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 383 (Lyric poetry), 1041 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 410)]; τὸ σ. ὄνομα their name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 41; σ. βάθρον the threshold of their temple, [prev. work] 100; σ. τέλη their rites, [prev. work] 1050 (Lyric poetry).)]
I.2 of things divine, ὄργια σ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 478, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 765; θέμεθλα δίκης 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.14; ὑγίεια 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 70; θυσία 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.42)]; σ. ἄντρον the cave of Cheiron, [Refs ([prev. author] “P.” 9.30, compare “O.” 5.18)]; σ. δόμος the temple of Apollo, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “N.” 1.72; παιάν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 393)]; σέλμα σ. ἡμένων, of the Olympian gods, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 183 (Lyric poetry))]; σ. ἔργα, of the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Supp.” 1037 (Lyric poetry); μυστήρια 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 804, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 25; τέρμων οὐρανοῦ [prev. work] 746)]; σ. βίος devoted to the gods, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ion” 56)]; σεμνὰ φθέγγεσθαι, ={εὔφημα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 109 (variant), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 315, 364)]; ἦ πού τι σ. ἔστιν ὃ ξυναμπέχει; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 521)]; τὸ σ. holiness, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.126.)]
II of human or half-human beings, reverend, august, ἐν θρόνῳ σεμνῷ σεμνὸν θωκέοντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.173, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 975, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 384, +others; σ. θάλος Ἀλκαϊδᾶν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.68; τὸ σχῆμα σεμνὸς κοὐ ταπεινός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 688)]; αἱ φαυλότεραι.. παρὰ τὰς σεμνὰς καθεδοῦνται beside the great ladies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 617, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.42; οἱ σεμνότατοι ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 257d)]; ἄνθρωπος οὐ σ., i.e. a nobody, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 52D.)]; opposed to χαῦνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 227b (_comparative_))]; opposed to κομψός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.19; σεμνὸς οὐ προσώπου συναγωγαῖς ἀλλὰ βίου κατασκευαῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.44)]: with dative, revered by.. , σ. πόλει [Refs (“Riv.Fil.” 57.379 (from Crete))]; also, worthy of respect, honourable, [NT (NT.1Tim.3.8, 11, NT.Phil.4.8.)]
II.2 of human things, august, stately, majestic, θᾶκοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 519; ἱμάτια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 940, compare “Ra.” 1061 (_comparative_))]; ταφή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.1)]; πράγματα, ἔργα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1472, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.213; σεμνοτέραν τὴν πόλιν ποιῆσαι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.45; οἰκία τοῦ γείτονος οὐδὲν σεμνοτέρα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.26, compare 29; ψεύδεσι [τοῦ Ὁμήρου] σ. ἔπεστί τι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.22; λεγόντων.. περὶ αὐτοῦ σ. λόγους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.6)]; of Tragedy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 502b)]; of style, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1458a21, compare “Rh.” 1404b8)] (comparative); of certain metres, [Refs ([prev. work] 1408b32)]; ἐπὶ τὸ σ. μιμεῖσθαι to imitate it in its noble qualities, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 814e)]; σ. τι λέγειν, πράσσειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 382b, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 447; σεμνὰ ἄττα μεμαθηκότας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 342a)]; οὐδὲν σ. nothing very wonderful, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1146a15)]; so τί ἂν εἴη τὸ σ. (i.e. τοῦ νοῦ); [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1074b18)]; worthy of respect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 996)]; σεμνόν ἐστι, with infinitive, 'tis a noble, fine thing to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 392a, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 9.5.)]
II.3 metaphorically, σ. βρῶμα a noble dish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 7, compare 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 20; σ. ὀσμή 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.60, etc.)]
III in bad sense, proud, haughty, τὰ σέμν᾽ ἔπη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1107; σεμνότερος καὶ φοβερώτερος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.18)]; τὸ σ. haughty reserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 93, compare “Med.” 216.)]
III.2 in contempt or irony, solemn, pompous, σ. καὶ ἅγιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 249a)]; τί σεμνὸν καὶ πεφροντικὸς βλέπει; look grave and solemn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 773; τὸ σ. ἄγαν καὶ τραγικόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1406b7: very frequently in Comedy texts, ἀνελκτοῖς ὀφρύσι σεμνός 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 355)]; ὡς σ. οὑπίτριπτος how grand the rascal is! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 275; ὡς σ. ὁ κατάρατος [prev. author] “Ra.” 178)]; λόγοι σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “V.” 1175; σεμνὸς σεμνῶς χλανίδ᾽ ἕλκων 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 19.)]
IV adverb -νῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 193, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1133, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 585, etc.)]; ὥσπερ κοχλίας σεμνῶς ἐπηρκὼς τὰς ὀφρῦς, of Plato, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 13; σεμνῶς κεκοσμημένος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.6, etc.; περὶ εὐτελῶν σ. λέγειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1408a13)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.20)]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.31.7.)]
(σέβομαι) revered, august, holy:
I properly of gods, e.g. Demeter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 1, 486; Hecate, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.79; Thetis, [prev. author] “N.” 5.25; Apollo, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 800; Poseidon, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 55; Pallas Athena, [prev. work] 1090 (Lyric poetry))]; at Athens the Erinyes were specially the σεμναὶ θεαί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 837, “OC” 90, 458, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1312, “Th.” 224, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, Autocl. cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1398b26)]; or simply Σεμναί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 383 (Lyric poetry), 1041 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 410)]; τὸ σ. ὄνομα their name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 41; σ. βάθρον the threshold of their temple, [prev. work] 100; σ. τέλη their rites, [prev. work] 1050 (Lyric poetry).)]
I.2 of things divine, ὄργια σ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 478, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 765; θέμεθλα δίκης 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.14; ὑγίεια 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 70; θυσία 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.42)]; σ. ἄντρον the cave of Cheiron, [Refs ([prev. author] “P.” 9.30, compare “O.” 5.18)]; σ. δόμος the temple of Apollo, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “N.” 1.72; παιάν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 393)]; σέλμα σ. ἡμένων, of the Olympian gods, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 183 (Lyric poetry))]; σ. ἔργα, of the gods, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Supp.” 1037 (Lyric poetry); μυστήρια 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 804, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 25; τέρμων οὐρανοῦ [prev. work] 746)]; σ. βίος devoted to the gods, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ion” 56)]; σεμνὰ φθέγγεσθαι, ={εὔφημα}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 109 (variant), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 315, 364)]; ἦ πού τι σ. ἔστιν ὃ ξυναμπέχει; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 521)]; τὸ σ. holiness, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.126.)]
II of human or half-human beings, reverend, august, ἐν θρόνῳ σεμνῷ σεμνὸν θωκέοντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.173, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 975, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 384, +others; σ. θάλος Ἀλκαϊδᾶν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.68; τὸ σχῆμα σεμνὸς κοὐ ταπεινός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 688)]; αἱ φαυλότεραι.. παρὰ τὰς σεμνὰς καθεδοῦνται beside the great ladies, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 617, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.42; οἱ σεμνότατοι ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 257d)]; ἄνθρωπος οὐ σ., i.e. a nobody, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 52D.)]; opposed to χαῦνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 227b (_comparative_))]; opposed to κομψός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.19; σεμνὸς οὐ προσώπου συναγωγαῖς ἀλλὰ βίου κατασκευαῖς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.44)]: with dative, revered by.. , σ. πόλει [Refs (“Riv.Fil.” 57.379 (from Crete))]; also, worthy of respect, honourable, [NT (NT.1Tim.3.8, 11, NT.Phil.4.8.)]
II.2 of human things, august, stately, majestic, θᾶκοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 519; ἱμάτια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 940, compare “Ra.” 1061 (_comparative_))]; ταφή [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.1)]; πράγματα, ἔργα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1472, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.213; σεμνοτέραν τὴν πόλιν ποιῆσαι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.45; οἰκία τοῦ γείτονος οὐδὲν σεμνοτέρα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.26, compare 29; ψεύδεσι [τοῦ Ὁμήρου] σ. ἔπεστί τι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.22; λεγόντων.. περὶ αὐτοῦ σ. λόγους 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.6)]; of Tragedy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 502b)]; of style, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1458a21, compare “Rh.” 1404b8)] (comparative); of certain metres, [Refs ([prev. work] 1408b32)]; ἐπὶ τὸ σ. μιμεῖσθαι to imitate it in its noble qualities, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 814e)]; σ. τι λέγειν, πράσσειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “R.” 382b, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 447; σεμνὰ ἄττα μεμαθηκότας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 342a)]; οὐδὲν σ. nothing very wonderful, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1146a15)]; so τί ἂν εἴη τὸ σ. (i.e. τοῦ νοῦ); [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1074b18)]; worthy of respect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 996)]; σεμνόν ἐστι, with infinitive, 'tis a noble, fine thing to.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 392a, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 9.5.)]
II.3 metaphorically, σ. βρῶμα a noble dish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 7, compare 4th c.BC: Archestratus Epicus “fragment” 20; σ. ὀσμή 4th c.BC: Mnesimachus Comicus 4.60, etc.)]
III in bad sense, proud, haughty, τὰ σέμν᾽ ἔπη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1107; σεμνότερος καὶ φοβερώτερος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.18)]; τὸ σ. haughty reserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 93, compare “Med.” 216.)]
III.2 in contempt or irony, solemn, pompous, σ. καὶ ἅγιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 249a)]; τί σεμνὸν καὶ πεφροντικὸς βλέπει; look grave and solemn, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 773; τὸ σ. ἄγαν καὶ τραγικόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1406b7: very frequently in Comedy texts, ἀνελκτοῖς ὀφρύσι σεμνός 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 355)]; ὡς σ. οὑπίτριπτος how grand the rascal is! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 275; ὡς σ. ὁ κατάρατος [prev. author] “Ra.” 178)]; λόγοι σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “V.” 1175; σεμνὸς σεμνῶς χλανίδ᾽ ἕλκων 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 19.)]
IV adverb -νῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 193, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1133, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 585, etc.)]; ὥσπερ κοχλίας σεμνῶς ἐπηρκὼς τὰς ὀφρῦς, of Plato, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 13; σεμνῶς κεκοσμημένος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.6, etc.; περὶ εὐτελῶν σ. λέγειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1408a13)]: comparative -ότερον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.5.20)]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.31.7.)]