King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2887
Transliteration: kosmios
Phonetic Spelling: (kos'-mee-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: orderly
Meaning: orderly
κόσμιος, κόσμον, of three term. in classical Greek, cf. WHs Appendix, p. 157; Winers Grammar, § 11, 1; (Buttmann, 25 (22f)) (κόσμος), well-arranged, seemly, modest: 1 Timothy 2:9 (WH marginal reading κοσμίως); of a man living with decorum, a well-ordered life, 1 Timothy 3:2. (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Lysias, others) (Cf. Trench, § xcii.)
Word Summary
kosmios: orderly
Original Word: κόσμιοςTransliteration: kosmios
Phonetic Spelling: (kos'-mee-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: orderly
Meaning: orderly
Strong's Concordance
of good behavior, modest. From kosmos (in its primary sense); orderly, i.e. Decorous -- of good behaviour, modest.
see GREEK kosmos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2887: κόσμιοςκόσμιος, κόσμον, of three term. in classical Greek, cf. WHs Appendix, p. 157; Winers Grammar, § 11, 1; (Buttmann, 25 (22f)) (κόσμος), well-arranged, seemly, modest: 1 Timothy 2:9 (WH marginal reading κοσμίως); of a man living with decorum, a well-ordered life, 1 Timothy 3:2. (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Lysias, others) (Cf. Trench, § xcii.)
STRONGS NT 2887a: κοσμίως [κοσμίως, adverb (decently), from κόσμιος, which see: 1 Timothy 2:9 WH marginal reading (Aristophanes, Isocrates, others.)