Timios τίμιος

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Timios
τίμιος
Transliterationtimios
Strong's numberG5093
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadjective
Glossprecious
Occurrences13 in 12 verses
Most frequent inRevelation (5)

Timios (Greek τίμιος, Strong's G5093) is a Greek adjective meaning “precious”. It occurs 13 times in 12 verses of the New Testament.

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)

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

Translated as

KJVprecious (10), reputation (1), dear (1), honourable (1), than (1)
BSBprecious (8), who was honored (1), value (1), should be honored (1), most precious (1)

Verses

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

Acts

1 Corinthians

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

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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