Strong G5093τίμιος
precious
- Transliteration
- timios
- Pronunciation
- tim'-ee-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Including the comparative τίμιώτερος timiōteros and the superlative τίμιώτατος timiōtatos; from G5092; valuable that is (objectively) costly or (subjectively) honored esteemed or (figuratively) beloved: - dear honourable (more most) precious had in reputation.
Detailed definition
τίμιος, -α, -ον
(τιμή), [in LXX chiefly for יָקָר;]
valued, hence,
__(a) precious, costly, highly valued: primarily, of money value, λίθος, Rev.17:4 18:12, 16 21:19; pl., 1Co.3:12; compar., -ώτεφος, 1Pe.1:7, Rec.; superl., -ώτατος, Rev.18:12 21:11; in extended sense, καρπός, Jas.5:7; αἷμα, 1Pe.1:19; ἐπαγγέλματα, 2Pe.1:4;
__(b) held in honour, honoured, esteemed worthy: with dative, Act.5:34; ὁ γάμος, Heb.13:4; ψυχή, Act.20:24 (where τ. is pleonastic, see Page, in l).†
(AS)
(τιμή), [in LXX chiefly for יָקָר;]
valued, hence,
__(a) precious, costly, highly valued: primarily, of money value, λίθος, Rev.17:4 18:12, 16 21:19; pl., 1Co.3:12; compar., -ώτεφος, 1Pe.1:7, Rec.; superl., -ώτατος, Rev.18:12 21:11; in extended sense, καρπός, Jas.5:7; αἷμα, 1Pe.1:19; ἐπαγγέλματα, 2Pe.1:4;
__(b) held in honour, honoured, esteemed worthy: with dative, Act.5:34; ὁ γάμος, Heb.13:4; ψυχή, Act.20:24 (where τ. is pleonastic, see Page, in l).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5093 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- precious10
- dear1
- honourable1
- reputation1
First verses
- Acts 5:34Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
- Acts 20:24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
- James 5:7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
- 1 Peter 1:7That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
- 1 Peter 1:19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
- 2 Peter 1:4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
- Revelation 17:4And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
- Revelation 18:12The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
- Revelation 18:16And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
- Revelation 21:11Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
- Revelation 21:19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
τίμι-ος [τῑ], α, ον,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 347c, +others)]; also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 948 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1283a36, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 2.651)]: (τιμή):— valued,
I held in honour, worthy, ὅδε πᾶσι φίλος καὶ τ. ἐστι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.38, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 10, 105, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 49, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.71, etc.)]; ἄνδρα τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 556)]; γενεᾷ τίμιος [Δανάη] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus [same place]; τίμιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 829d; νηὸν.. πᾶσιν μάλα τ. ἀνθρώποισι “hymnus ad Apollinem” 483, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 134.7, etc.)]: frequently in comparative and superlative, τιμιώταται θεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 967 (Lyric poetry); πασῶν Ἀθῆναι -ωτάτη πόλις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 108; -ώτερον ἐπιστήμη ὀρθῆς δόξης ἐστί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 98a)]; as form of address, -ώτατε[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1 “Prooem.”; τῷ -ωτάτῳ χαίρειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ep.Sat.” 2.25, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 41.2, “Sammelb.” 7347.29 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
II of things, valuable, prized, οὐδὲν κτῆμα -ώτερον [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 702, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 301, “Ph.” 439 (_superlative_), NT.Rev.17.4.)]
II.2 of high price, costly, dear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.23 (_superlative_), 8.105 (_comparative_), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 304b, “Prt.” 347c, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 18 (_superlative_))]; πωλεῖται τίμιος is sold dearly,[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 31; τίμιον ἀγοράζειν “PCair.Zen.” 160.10 (3rd c.BC))]; χρυσίον ὅταν πολὺ παραφανῇ, τὸ ἀργύριον -ώτερον ποιεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.10: _comparative_ -έστερος uncertain in “PCair.Zen.” 375.13 (3rd c.BC))]. adverb -ίως, πρίασθαι [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.35.)]
II.3 conferring honour, honourable, τιμία ἕδρα a seat of honour, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 854, compare “Th.” 241 (Lyric poetry))]; τ. γέρας an honourable privilege, [Refs ([prev. author] “Supp.” 986)]; οὑπιρρέων γὰρ -ώτερος χρόνος ἔσται πολίταις more full of honour, [Refs ([prev. author] “Eu.” 853)]; -ωτέρα χώρα a higher place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.10; δῶρα [prev. author] “An.” 1.2.27: τὰ τίμια,)] ={τιμαί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 221 (conjecture), “SIG” 659.8 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), +others, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.9.8, “Supp.epigram” 3.468.10, +others (Thess., 1st c.BC))]; τὰ τ. τῶν ἱερῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 90.33 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC))]; also in singular, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 591.6 (Lampsacus, 2nd c.BC))]; τὰ -ώτατα, ={τὰ φίλτατα}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.215)]; αἱ καλούμεναι τίμιαι τέσσαρες τέχναι Zos.Alch.p.239 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 347c, +others)]; also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 948 (Lyric poetry), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1283a36, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Oppianus Anazarbensis Epicus “Halieutica - Poetae Bucolici et Didactici” 2.651)]: (τιμή):— valued,
I held in honour, worthy, ὅδε πᾶσι φίλος καὶ τ. ἐστι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.38, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 10, 105, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 49, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.71, etc.)]; ἄνδρα τ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 556)]; γενεᾷ τίμιος [Δανάη] [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus [same place]; τίμιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 829d; νηὸν.. πᾶσιν μάλα τ. ἀνθρώποισι “hymnus ad Apollinem” 483, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Fragmenta” 134.7, etc.)]: frequently in comparative and superlative, τιμιώταται θεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 967 (Lyric poetry); πασῶν Ἀθῆναι -ωτάτη πόλις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 108; -ώτερον ἐπιστήμη ὀρθῆς δόξης ἐστί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 98a)]; as form of address, -ώτατε[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1 “Prooem.”; τῷ -ωτάτῳ χαίρειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ep.Sat.” 2.25, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 41.2, “Sammelb.” 7347.29 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
II of things, valuable, prized, οὐδὲν κτῆμα -ώτερον [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 702, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 301, “Ph.” 439 (_superlative_), NT.Rev.17.4.)]
II.2 of high price, costly, dear, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.23 (_superlative_), 8.105 (_comparative_), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 22.8, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 304b, “Prt.” 347c, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 18 (_superlative_))]; πωλεῖται τίμιος is sold dearly,[Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 31; τίμιον ἀγοράζειν “PCair.Zen.” 160.10 (3rd c.BC))]; χρυσίον ὅταν πολὺ παραφανῇ, τὸ ἀργύριον -ώτερον ποιεῖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.10: _comparative_ -έστερος uncertain in “PCair.Zen.” 375.13 (3rd c.BC))]. adverb -ίως, πρίασθαι [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.35.)]
II.3 conferring honour, honourable, τιμία ἕδρα a seat of honour, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 854, compare “Th.” 241 (Lyric poetry))]; τ. γέρας an honourable privilege, [Refs ([prev. author] “Supp.” 986)]; οὑπιρρέων γὰρ -ώτερος χρόνος ἔσται πολίταις more full of honour, [Refs ([prev. author] “Eu.” 853)]; -ωτέρα χώρα a higher place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.10; δῶρα [prev. author] “An.” 1.2.27: τὰ τίμια,)] ={τιμαί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 221 (conjecture), “SIG” 659.8 (Delph., 2nd c.BC), +others, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.9.8, “Supp.epigram” 3.468.10, +others (Thess., 1st c.BC))]; τὰ τ. τῶν ἱερῶν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 90.33 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC))]; also in singular, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 591.6 (Lampsacus, 2nd c.BC))]; τὰ -ώτατα, ={τὰ φίλτατα}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.215)]; αἱ καλούμεναι τίμιαι τέσσαρες τέχναι Zos.Alch.p.239 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]