What does τίμιος (tímios) mean in the Bible?
τίμιος (tímios): Valuable because highly esteemed; denotes worth both monetary and relational, particularly honor.
Greek · G5093
τίμιος
Precious
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τίμιος G5093
Pronunciation tímios
What does τίμιος (tímios) mean in the Bible?
τίμιος (tímios): Valuable because highly esteemed; denotes worth both monetary and relational, particularly honor.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5093?
The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include precious (8), a most precious (1), should be honored (1), value (1), who was honored (1).
Where does τίμιος (tímios) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 5:34. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (6), Acts (2), 1 Corinthians (1), 1 Peter (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 precious 8× 1 Corinthians 3:12, James 5:7, 2 Peter 1:4, Revelation 17:4
a most precious 1× Revelation 21:11
should be honored 1× Hebrews 13:4
value 1× Acts 20:24
who was honored 1× Acts 5:34
with [the] precious 1× 1 Peter 1:19
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 5:34 τίμιος to who was honored Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 20:24 τιμίαν to value Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1 Corinthians 3:12 τιμίους to precious Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Hebrews 13:4 Τίμιος to should be honored Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular James 5:7 τίμιον to precious Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1 Peter 1:19 τιμίῳ to with [the] precious Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular 2 Peter 1:4 τίμια to precious Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural Revelation 17:4 τιμίῳ to precious Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular Revelation 18:12 τιμίου to precious Adjective - Genitive Masculine Singular Revelation 18:12 τιμιωτάτου to precious Adjective - Genitive Neuter Singular - Superlative
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 5:34
Aligned rows 13
Books represented 7
Acts 2 1 Corinthians 1 Hebrews 1 James 1 1 Peter 1 2 Peter 1 Revelation 6
Source forms
τιμίῳ 4x timiō 1 Peter 1:19, Revelation 17:4, Revelation 18:16, Revelation 21:19
τίμια 1x timia 2 Peter 1:4
τιμίαν 1x timian Acts 20:24
τίμιον 1x timion James 5:7
τίμιος 1x timios Acts 5:34
Τίμιος 1x Timios Hebrews 13:4
τιμίου 1x timiou Revelation 18:12
τιμίους 1x timious 1 Corinthians 3:12
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular 3x Revelation 17:4, Revelation 18:16, Revelation 21:19
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Acts 5:34, Hebrews 13:4
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Acts 20:24
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 3:12
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x James 5:7
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural 1x 2 Peter 1:4
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular - Superlative 1x Revelation 21:11
Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular 1x 1 Peter 1:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Valuable because highly esteemed; denotes worth both monetary and relational, particularly honor.
Strong's G5093
Lexical occurrences 13 verses Greek text appearances 14 times Word forms 10 forms 13 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Proverbs 12:27 Source Gloss
precious
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
14 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 5:34 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
τίμιος timiov
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse Acts 20:24 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
τιμίαν timian
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse 1 Corinthians 3:12 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
τιμίους, timiouv
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse Hebrews 13:4 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
τίμιος timiov
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse James 5:7 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
τίμιον timion
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse 1 Peter 1:7 Adjective Nominative Singular Neuter
τιμιώτερον timiwteron
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse 1 Peter 1:19 Adjective Dative Singular Neuter
τιμίῳ timiw
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse 2 Peter 1:4 Adjective Accusative Plural Neuter
τίμια timia
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse Revelation 17:4 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
τιμίῳ timiw
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse Revelation 18:12 Adjective Genitive Singular Masculine
τιμίου, timiou
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse Revelation 18:12 Adjective Genitive Singular Neuter
τιμιωτάτου, timiwtatou
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse Revelation 18:16 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
τιμίῳ timiw
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse Revelation 21:11 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
τιμιωτάτῳ, timiwtatw
of great price, precious, honored
Read verse Revelation 21:19 Adjective Dative Singular Masculine
τιμίῳ timiw
of great price, precious, honored
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 10 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 10 Aligned forms 13 Case pattern Dative (5) Number pattern Singular (11)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 5:34 · Heb 13:4 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Rev 18:12 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Rev 18:12 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Rev 17:4 · Rev 18:16 · Rev 21:19 3×
Dative · Singular · Neuter 1 Pet 1:19 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Rev 21:11 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 20:24 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 3:12 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Jas 5:7 1×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter 2 Pet 1:4 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
describing something of high value or worth, material or spiritual treasure
Showing 1 selected witness from 13 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
τίμιος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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