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Lexicon :: Strong's G2887 - kosmios

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κόσμιος
Transliteration
kosmios (Key)
Pronunciation
kos'-mee-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From κόσμος (G2889) (in its primary sense)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s)
TR
2x in 2 unique form(s)
LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:895,459

Trench's Synonyms: xcii. κόσμιος, σεμνός, ἱεροπρεπής.

Strong’s Definitions

κόσμιος kósmios, kos'-mee-os; from G2889 (in its primary sense); orderly, i.e. decorous:—of good behaviour, modest.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2887 in the following manner: modest (1x), of good behaviour (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2887 in the following manner: modest (1x), of good behaviour (1x).
  1. well arranged, seemly, modest

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κόσμιος kósmios, kos'-mee-os; from G2889 (in its primary sense); orderly, i.e. decorous:—of good behaviour, modest.
STRONGS G2887:
κόσμιος, κόσμον, of three term. in classical Greek, cf. WHs Appendix, p. 157; Winers Grammar, § 11, 1; (Buttmann, 25 (22f)) (κόσμος), well-arranged, seemly, modest: 1 Timothy 2:9 (WH marginal reading κοσμίως); of a man living with decorum, a well-ordered life, 1 Timothy 3:2. (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Lysias, others) (Cf. Trench, § xcii.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Timothy
2:9; 3:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2887 matches the Greek κόσμιος (kosmios),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:9 - likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 3:2 - Therefore an overseer[fn] must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,[fn] sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
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