Kosmios κόσμιος

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Kosmios
κόσμιος
Transliterationkosmios
Strong's numberG2887
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glossrespectable
Occurrences2 in 2 verses

Kosmios (Greek κόσμιος, Strong's G2887) is a Greek adjective meaning “respectable”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

κόσμιος, -ον (in cl. -α, -ον),
(κόσμος), [in LXX: Ecc.12:9 (תָּקַן)* ;]
orderly, decent, modest: 1Ti.2:9 (WH, mg., -ίως, which see) 1Ti.3:2.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmodest (1), behaviour (1)
BSBrespectable (2)

Topics

Verses

Every verse with Kosmios, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Timothy

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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