Strong's Greek Concordance

G2887: κόσμιος

kósmios · “respectable”

Definition

orderly, i.e. decorous

KJV translates it as: of good behaviour, modest

Word origin: from G2889 (κόσμος) (in its primary sense);

Extended definition

κόσμιος, -ον (in cl. -α, -ον),
(κόσμος), [in LXX: Ecc.12:9 (תָּקַן)* ;]
orderly, decent, modest: 1Ti.2:9 (WH, mg., -ίως, which see) 1Ti.3:2.†
(AS)

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How G2887 is translated

  • respectable ×1
  • respectable, ×1

Bible verses with G2887 (kósmios)

Kósmios appears in 2 verses.

  • 1 Timothy 2:9

    In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

  • 1 Timothy 3:2

    A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;