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Lexicon :: Strong's G3741 - hosios

Aa
ὅσιος
Transliteration
hosios (Key)
Pronunciation
hos'-ee-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:489,734

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxviii. ἱερός, ὅσιος, ἅγιος, ἁγνός.

Strong’s Definitions

ὅσιος hósios, hos'-ee-os; of uncertain affinity; properly, right (by intrinsic or divine character; thus distinguished from G1342, which refers rather to human statutes and relations; from G2413, which denotes formal consecration; and from G40, which relates to purity from defilement), i.e. hallowed (pious, sacred, sure):—holy, mercy, shalt be.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G3741 in the following manner: holy (4x), Holy One (2x), mercies (1x), shall be (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G3741 in the following manner: holy (4x), Holy One (2x), mercies (1x), shall be (1x).

  1. undefiled by sin, free from wickedness, religiously observing every moral obligation, pure holy, pious

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὅσιος hósios, hos'-ee-os; of uncertain affinity; properly, right (by intrinsic or divine character; thus distinguished from G1342, which refers rather to human statutes and relations; from G2413, which denotes formal consecration; and from G40, which relates to purity from defilement), i.e. hallowed (pious, sacred, sure):—holy, mercy, shalt be.
STRONGS G3741:
ὅσιος, ὅσια, ὅσιον, and once (1 Timothy 2:8) of two terminations (as in Plato, legg. 8, p. 831 d.; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities, 5, 71 at the end; cf. Winers Grammar, § 11, 1; Buttmann, 26 (23); the feminine occurs in the N. T. only in the passage cited); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; the Sept. chiefly for חָסִיד (cf. Grimm, Exgt. Hdbch. on Sap., p. 81 (and references under the word ἅγιος, at the end)); "undefiled by sin, free from wickedness, religiously observing every moral obligation, pure, holy, pious" (Plato, Gorgias, p. 507 b. περί μέν ἀνθρώπους τά προσηκοντα πράττων δικαἰ ἄν πραττοι, περί δέ θεούς ὅσια. The distinction between δίκαιος and ὅσιος is given in the same way by Polybius 23, 10, 8; Schol. ad Euripides, Hec. 788; Chariton 1, 10; (for other examples see Trench, § lxxxviii.; Wetstein on Ephesians 4:24; but on its applicability to N. T. usage see Trench, as above; indeed Plato elsewhere (Euthyphro, p. 12 e.) makes δίκαιος the generic and ὅσιος the specific term)); of men: Titus 1:8; Hebrews 7:26; οἱ ὅσιοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, the pious toward God, God's pious worshippers (Wis. 4:15 and often in the Psalms); so in a peculiar and pre-eminent sense of the Messiah (A. V. thy Holy One): Acts 2:27; Acts 13:35, after Psalm 15:10 (Ps. 16:10); χεῖρες (Aeschylus cho. 378; Sophocles O. C. 470), 1 Timothy 2:8. of God, holy: Revelation 15:4; Revelation 16:5 (also in secular authors occasionally of the gods; the Orphica, Arg. 27; hymn. 77, 2; of God in Deuteronomy 32:4 for יָשָׁר; Psalm 144:17 (Ps. 145:17) for חָסִיד, cf. Wis. 5:19); τά ὅσια Δαυίδ, the holy things (of God) promised to David, i. e. the Messianic blessings, Acts 13:34 from Isaiah 55:3.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
32:4
Psalms
16:10; 145:17
Isaiah
55:3
Acts
2:27; 13:34; 13:35
Ephesians
4:24
1 Timothy
2:8; 2:8
Titus
1:8
Hebrews
7:26
Revelation
15:4; 16:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3741 matches the Greek ὅσιος (hosios),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:27 - because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:34 - God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said, “ ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:35 - So it is also stated elsewhere: “ ‘You will not let your holy one see decay.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:8 - Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:8 - Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:26 - Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:4 - Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:5 - Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say: “You are just in these judgments, O Holy One, you who are and who were;
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