What does ἔντιμος (éntimos) mean in the Bible?
ἔντιμος (éntimos) is a Greek word meaning "valued (figuratively)".
Greek · G1784
ἔντιμος
Valued (figuratively)
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ἔντιμος G1784
Pronunciation éntimos
What does ἔντιμος (éntimos) mean in the Bible?
ἔντιμος (éntimos) is a Greek word meaning "valued (figuratively)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1784?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] precious (2), [someone] more distinguished (1), highly valued (1), honor (1).
Where does ἔντιμος (éntimos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 7:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (2), Luke (2), Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [and] precious 2× 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 2:6
[someone] more distinguished 1× Luke 14:8
highly valued 1× Luke 7:2
honor 1× Philippians 2:29
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 7:2 ἔντιμος to highly valued Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 14:8 ἐντιμότερός to [someone] more distinguished Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular - Comparative Philippians 2:29 ἐντίμους to honor Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1 Peter 2:4 ἔντιμον to [and] precious Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1 Peter 2:6 ἔντιμον to [and] precious Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 7:2
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Luke 2 Philippians 1 1 Peter 2
Source forms
ἔντιμον 2x entimon 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 2:6
ἔντιμος 1x entimos Luke 7:2
ἐντιμότερός 1x entimoteros Luke 14:8
ἐντίμους 1x entimous Philippians 2:29
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 2:6
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Philippians 2:29
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 7:2
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular - Comparative 1x Luke 14:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. valued (figuratively)
Strong's G1784
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 4 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
valued (figuratively)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 7:2 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἔντιμος. entimov
precious, honored, honorable
Read verse Luke 14:8 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ἐντιμότερός entimoterov
precious, honored, honorable
Read verse Philippians 2:29 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἐντίμους entimouv
precious, honored, honorable
Read verse 1 Peter 2:4 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἔντιμον, entimon
precious, honored, honorable
Read verse 1 Peter 2:6 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
ἔντιμον· entimon
precious, honored, honorable
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 7:2 1×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 14:8 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine 1 Pet 2:4 · 1 Pet 2:6 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Phil 2:29 1×
Word Origins
ἔντιμος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain