adjective

entimos

Greekἔντιμος (entimos)

Strong’sG1784

precious, honored, honorable

stem entim-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

precious2×distinguished1×highly valued1×honor1×

What it means

ἔντιμος, -ον

(< τιμή), [in LXX for חוֹר, etc.;]

honoured, prized, precious: of persons, Lk 7:2, Phl 2:29; compar., Lk 14:8; of things, metaph., λίθος, I Pe 2:4, 6 (LXX).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1784 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiden'-tee-mos

valued (figuratively)

Fromfrom G1722 and G5092;

King Jamesdear, more honourable, precious, in reputation.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	entimos1×ἔντιμος	entimas	entimem	entimois	entimais	entimeim
object accusative	entimon2×ἔντιμον	entiman		entimoin1×ἐντίμους	entimain
direct address vocative	entimor	entimar		entimoir	entimair
of, belonging to genitive	entimou	entimau	entimeu	entimoiu	entimaiu	entimeiu
to, for dative	entimo	entima	entime	entimoi	entimai	entimei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

entimstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

entim is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

entimos“highly valued”subjectnominative singular1×

Luke 7:2“highly valued”Hekatontarchēou de tinou doulos kakōs echarōtos mellate teleutarō, hos ate auto entimos.There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.

entimon“precious”objectaccusative singular2×

1 Peter 2:4“precious”Pros hon prosercherōtois, lithon zōarōton, hupo anthrōpoiu men apodokimazirēton para de theo eklekton entimonAs you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

1 Peter 2:6“precious”dioti periechatō en grafa; Idou tithamō en Siōn lithon akrogōniaion eklekton entimon, kai tos pisteuarōtos epi auto ouk mē kataischuniteia.For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”

entimoin“honor”objectaccusative plural1×

Philippians 2:29“honor”prosdechevōr oun auton en kurio meta pantau charau, kai toin toioutoin entimoin echavōr,Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,

entimoteros1×

Luke 14:8“distinguished”Hotan kaliseia hupo tinou eis gamoin, mē katakliniseia eis tan prōtoklisian, mēpote entimoteros su ateiō kalirētos hupo autou“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.