timios · precious, honored

What it means

timios (τίμιος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “precious, honored”.

Precious, valuable, costly; honored, respected.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Of great value.
2. Respected by all.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• precious ×11
• honored ×1
• respected ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×2
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Hebrews×1
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×1
• Revelation×6

• Acts 5:34

  But a certain Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people, stood up and ordered that the men be put outside for a little while.

• Acts 20:24

  But I do not account my life precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the service that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of the grace of God.

• 1 Corinthians 3:12

  Now if anyone builds on the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,

• Hebrews 13:4

  Let marriage be honored among all, and the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

• James 5:7

  Be patient, then, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Look, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it until it receives the early and the late rain.

• 1 Peter 1:19

  but with the precious blood of the Messiah, as of a lamb without defect and unstained,

• 2 Peter 1:4

  through which he has granted us the precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become sharers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through desire.

• Revelation 17:4

  And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls, holding a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality,

• Revelation 18:12

  cargo of gold and silver and precious stone and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article of most precious wood and bronze and iron and marble,

• Revelation 18:16

  saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, that was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearl!

• Revelation 21:11

  having the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

• Revelation 21:19

  The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,

And 1 more times.