Strong's Lexicon
G2887 — κόσμιος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2887 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κόσμιος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G2889 (in its primary sense) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | kosmios |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kos'-mee-os |
| Meaning: | 1. orderly, i.e. decorous |
| KJV Renderings: | of good behaviour, modest |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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: 1Ti 2:9 (WH marginal reading κοσμίως); of a man living with decorum, a well-ordered life, 1Ti 3:2. (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Lysias, others) (Cf. Trench, § xcii.)
STRONGS NT 2887a: κοσμίως [κοσμίως, adverb (decently), from κόσμιος, which see: 1Ti 2:9 WH marginal reading (Aristophanes, Isocrates, others.)]
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κόσμιος (of good behaviour)
1 Timothy 2:9
- KJV: In like manner also that women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefacedness and sobriety not with broided hair or gold or pearls or costly array
- GK: ωσαύτως και τας γυναίκας εν καταστολή κοσμίω μετά αιδούς και σωφροσύνης κοσμείν εαυτάς μη εν πλέγμασιν η χρυσώ η μαργαρίταις η ιματισμώ πολυτελεί
1 Timothy 3:2
- KJV: A bishop then must be blameless the husband of one wife vigilant sober of good behaviour given to hospitality apt to teach
- GK: δει ούν τον επίσκοπον ανεπίληπτον είναι μιάς γυναικός άνδρα νηφάλιον σώφρονα κόσμιον φιλόξενον διδακτικόν