What does κόσμιος (kósmios) mean in the Bible?
κόσμιος (kósmios): Respectable through outward orderliness and decorum; modest comportment reflecting inner character in community standing
Greek · G2887
κόσμιος
Respectable
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κόσμιοςG2887
Pronunciationkósmios
What does κόσμιος (kósmios) mean in the Bible?
κόσμιος (kósmios): Respectable through outward orderliness and decorum; modest comportment reflecting inner character in community standing
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How does the BSB render G2887?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include respectable (2).
Where does κόσμιος (kósmios) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Timothy 2:9. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itrespectable2×1 Timothy 2:9, 1 Timothy 3:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row1 Timothy 2:9
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
1 Timothy2
Source forms
κόσμιον1xkosmion1 Timothy 3:2
κοσμίῳ1xkosmiō1 Timothy 2:9
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular1x1 Timothy 3:2
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular1x1 Timothy 2:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Respectable through outward orderliness and decorum; modest comportment reflecting inner character in community standing
Strong'sG2887
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
respectable
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Timothy 2:9Adjective Dative Singular Feminine
κοσμίῳ,kosmiw
orderly, virtuous
Read verse1 Timothy 3:2Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
κόσμιον,kosmion
orderly, virtuous
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine1 Tim 2:91×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine1 Tim 3:21×
Word Origins
κόσμιος is built from this root: