Semnos σεμνός

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Semnos
σεμνός
Transliterationsemnos
Strong's numberG4586
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glossnoble
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent in1 Timothy (2)

Semnos (Greek σεμνός, Strong's G4586) is a Greek adjective meaning “noble”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

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)

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

Translated as

KJVgrave (3), honest (1)
BSBdignified (3), honorable (1)

Verses

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

Philippians

1 Timothy

Titus

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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