Hosios ὅσιος

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Hosios
ὅσιος
Transliterationhosios
Strong's numberG3741
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glosssacred
Occurrences8 in 8 verses
Most frequent inActs (3)

Hosios (Greek ὅσιος, Strong's G3741) is a Greek adjective meaning “sacred”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the New Testament.

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)

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

Translated as

KJVholy (4), one (2), mercies (1), be (1)
BSBholy (5), holy one (3)

Verses

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

Acts

1 Timothy

Titus

Hebrews

Revelation

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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