What does Τιμόθεος (Timótheos) mean in the Bible?
Τιμόθεος (Timótheos) is a Greek word meaning "dear to God; Timotheus, a Christian".
Greek · G5095
Τιμόθεος
Dear to God; Timotheus, a Christian
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Τιμόθεος G5095
Pronunciation Timótheos
What does Τιμόθεος (Timótheos) mean in the Bible?
Τιμόθεος (Timótheos) is a Greek word meaning "dear to God; Timotheus, a Christian".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5095?
The BSB source-word alignment has 24 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Timothy (22), To Timothy (2).
Where does Τιμόθεος (Timótheos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 16:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (6), 1 Thessalonians (3), 1 Timothy (3), 1 Corinthians (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 It Timothy 22× Acts 16:1, Acts 17:14, Acts 17:15, Acts 18:5
To Timothy 2× 1 Timothy 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:2
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 16:1 Τιμόθεος to Timothy Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 17:14 Τιμόθεος to Timothy Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 17:15 Τιμόθεον to Timothy Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 18:5 Τιμόθεος to Timothy Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 19:22 Τιμόθεον to Timothy Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Acts 20:4 Τιμόθεος to Timothy Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Romans 16:21 Τιμόθεος to Timothy Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 4:17 Τιμόθεον to Timothy Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 16:10 Τιμόθεος to Timothy Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2 Corinthians 1:1 Τιμόθεος to Timothy Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 16:1
Aligned rows 24
Books represented 12
Acts 6 Romans 1 1 Corinthians 2 2 Corinthians 2 Philippians 2 Colossians 1 1 Thessalonians 3 2 Thessalonians 1 1 Timothy 3 2 Timothy 1 Philemon 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
Τιμόθεος 12x Timotheos Acts 16:1, Acts 17:14, Acts 18:5, Acts 20:4
Τιμόθεον 6x Timotheon Acts 17:15, Acts 19:22, 1 Corinthians 4:17, Philippians 2:19
Τιμόθεε 2x Timothee 1 Timothy 1:18, 1 Timothy 6:20
Τιμοθέου 2x Timotheou 2 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Thessalonians 3:6
Τιμοθέῳ 2x Timotheō 1 Timothy 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 12x Acts 16:1, Acts 17:14, Acts 18:5, Acts 20:4
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 6x Acts 17:15, Acts 19:22, 1 Corinthians 4:17, Philippians 2:19
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 2x 1 Timothy 1:2, 2 Timothy 1:2
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 2x 2 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Thessalonians 3:6
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular 2x 1 Timothy 1:18, 1 Timothy 6:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. dear to God; Timotheus, a Christian
Strong's G5095
Lexical occurrences 24 verses Greek text appearances 24 times 16 shown below Word forms 5 forms 24 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
dear to God; Timotheus, a Christian
Extended definition
:--Timotheus, Timothy.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 24 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 16:1 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεος, timoqeov
Timothy
Read verse Acts 17:14 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεος timoqeov
Timothy
Read verse Acts 17:15 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεον, timoqeon
Timothy
Read verse Acts 18:5 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεος, timoqeov
Timothy
Read verse Acts 19:22 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεον timoqeon
Timothy
Read verse Acts 20:4 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεος· timoqeov
Timothy
Read verse Romans 16:21 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεος timoqeov
Timothy
Read verse 1 Corinthians 4:17 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεον, timoqeon
Timothy
Read verse 1 Corinthians 16:10 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεος, timoqeov
Timothy
Read verse 2 Corinthians 1:1 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεος timoqeov
Timothy
Read verse 2 Corinthians 1:19 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
Τιμοθέου, timoqeou
Timothy
Read verse Philippians 1:1 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεος, timoqeov
Timothy
Read verse Philippians 2:19 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεον timoqeon
Timothy
Read verse Colossians 1:1 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεος timoqeov
Timothy
Read verse 1 Thessalonians 1:1 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεος, timoqeov
Timothy
Read verse 1 Thessalonians 3:2 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
Τιμόθεον timoqeon
Timothy
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 5 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 5 Aligned forms 24 Case pattern Nominative (12) Number pattern Singular (24)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Acts 16:1 · Acts 17:14 · Acts 18:5 · Acts 20:4 · Rom 16:21 · 1 Cor 16:10 · 2 Cor 1:1 · Phil 1:1 · Col 1:1 · 1 Thess 1:1 · 2 Thess 1:1 · Phlm 1:1 12×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine 2 Cor 1:19 · 1 Thess 3:6 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine 1 Tim 1:2 · 2 Tim 1:2 2×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Acts 17:15 · Acts 19:22 · 1 Cor 4:17 · Phil 2:19 · 1 Thess 3:2 · Heb 13:23 6×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine 1 Tim 1:18 · 1 Tim 6:20 2×
Word Origins
Τιμόθεος 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