2887. kosmios

Strong's Lexicon

kosmios: Orderly, respectable, well-behaved

Original Word: κόσμιος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: kosmios
Pronunciation: KOS-mee-os
Phonetic Spelling: (kos'-mee-os)
Definition: Orderly, respectable, well-behaved
Meaning: orderly, virtuous, decent, modest, well-ordered.

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Cognate: 2887 kósmios (from 2889 /kósmos, "world"; see also the other adjectival form, 2886 /kosmikós) – literally, ordered (properly organized); hence, well-prepared (well-ordered).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from kosmos
Definition
orderly
NASB Translation
proper (1), respectable (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 2887: κόσμιος

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.)

STRONGS NT 2887a: κοσμίως [κοσμίως, adverb (decently), from κόσμιος, which see: 1 Timothy 2:9 WH marginal reading (Aristophanes, Isocrates, others.)]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

of good behavior, modest.

From kosmos (in its primary sense); orderly, i.e. Decorous -- of good behaviour, modest.

see GREEK kosmos

Forms and Transliterations

κοσμιον κόσμιον κοσμιω κοσμίω κοσμίῳ kosmio kosmiō kosmíoi kosmíōi kosmion kósmion

Englishman's Concordance

1 Timothy 2:9 Adj-DFS
GRK: ἐν καταστολῇ κοσμίῳ μετὰ αἰδοῦς
NAS: themselves with proper clothing,
KJV: themselves in modest apparel, with
INT: in apparel seemly with modesty

1 Timothy 3:2 Adj-AMS
GRK: νηφάλιον σώφρονα κόσμιον φιλόξενον διδακτικόν
NAS: prudent, respectable, hospitable,
KJV: sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality,
INT: sober self-controlled respectable hospitable able to teach

Strong's Greek 2887
2 Occurrences

κοσμίῳ — 1 Occ.
κόσμιον — 1 Occ.