adjective

Greekὅσιος (hosios)

Biblang

hosios

Strong’sG3741

holy, pious

stem hosi-8 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books5 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ὅσιος, -ον

(so sometimes in cl., but most freq. -α, -ον), [in LXX chiefly for חָסִיד, also for טָהוֹר, יָשָׁר, תָּמִים;]

religiously right, righteous, pious, Holy: of men, Tit 1:8, He 7:26; by meton., ὁ. χεῖρας, I Ti 2:8 (cf. De 32:4); of God, Re 15:4 16:5; as subst., ὁ ὅ., of the Messiah, Ac 2:27 13:35 (LXX); τὰ ὅ. Δανεὶδ τ. πιστά (Field, Notes, 121), Ac 13:34(LXX).†

SYN.: v.s. ἅγιος (cf. also DB, ii, 399b; iv, 352b, and ref. s.v. -ίως).

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

Strong’s G3741 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhos'-ee-os

and from G40, which relates to purity from defilement), i.e. hallowed (pious, sacred, sure)

Fromof uncertain affinity; properly, right (by intrinsic or divine character; thus distinguished from 1342, which refers rather to human statutes and relations; from G2413, which denotes formal consecration;

King Jamesholy, mercy, shalt be.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ὅσι-ος, α, ον,
also ος, ον Refs 5th c.BC+:— hallowed, i. e. sanctioned or allowed by the law of God or of nature, δίκη Refs 6th c.BC+; οὐχ ὅ. unhallowed, ὕβρις Refs 5th c.BC+ —The sense of ὅσιος often depends on its relation on the one hand to δίκαιος (sanctioned by human law), on the other to ἱερός (sacred to the gods):
1 opposed to δίκαιος, sanctioned by divine law, hallowed, holy (μόριον τοῦ δικαίου τὸ ὅ. Refs 5th c.BC+ things of human and divine ordinance, Refs 5th c.BC+; θεοὺς ὅσιόν τι δρᾶν discharge a duty men owe the gods, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ ὅσιον, ={εὐσέβεια}, Refs 5th c.BC+: in an imprecatory formula, ἀποδοῦσι μὲν αὐτοῖς ὅσια ᾖ, μὴ ἀποδοῦσι δὲ ἀνόσια Refs
2 opposed to ἱερός, permitted or not forbidden by divine law, profane, ἱερὰ καὶ ὅ. things sacred and profane, ἐς ὀλιγωρίαν ἐτράποντο καὶ ἱερῶν καὶ ὁ. ὁμοίως Refs 5th c.BC+; κοσμεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τοῖς ἱεροῖς καὶ τοῖς ὁ. with sacred and profane buildings, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ ταμίας τῶν ὁ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὅ. χωρίον a lawful place (for giving birth to a child), Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅσιόν ἐστι followed by infinitive, it is lawful, not forbidden by any law, Refs 5th c.BC+nefas est, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐκ ὅσιον ποιεῦμαι I deem it impious, Refs 4th c.BC+; οὐδὲ ὅσια (i.e. ἐστι).. μιαίνειν Refs 5th c.BC+.α; λέγειν Refs 5th c.BC+
II of persons, pious, devout, religious, ἄνδρες Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅ. θιασῶται, μύσται, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἀνόσιος, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἐπίορκος, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅσιος εἴς τινα, περὶ ξένους, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 sinless, pure, ἐξ ὁ. στομάτων Refs 5th c.BC+; ὅ. ἔστω καὶ εὐαγής Legal Solonis cited in Refs 5th c.BC+ in regard to the sacred rites of his forefathers, Refs 5th c.BC+; also ὅσιαι χέρες pure, clean hands, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 rarely of the gods, holy, Refs 5th c.AD+
II.4 title of five special priests at Delphi, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.5 οἱ ὅσιοι 'the saints', LXX
III adverb ὁσίως Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ. ἂν ὑμῖν ἔχοι τοῦτον θύειν.. it would be right for you that he should.., Refs 5th c.BC+participle, ὁ. ἂν ἔχοι αὐτῷ μὴ δεχομένῳ.. Refs: comparative -ώτερονRefs 5th c.BC+: superlative, ὡς -ώτατα διαβιῶναι τὸν βίον Refs 8th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

holy5×Holy3×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	hosios2×ὅσιος	hosias	hosiem	hosiois	hosiais	hosieim1×ὅσια
object accusative	hosion3×ὅσιόν	hosian		hosioin	hosiain1×ὁσίους
direct address vocative	hosior1×ὅσιος	hosiar		hosioir	hosiair
of, belonging to genitive	hosiou	hosiau	hosieu	hosioiu	hosiaiu	hosieiu
to, for dative	hosio	hosia	hosie	hosioi	hosiai	hosiei

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

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

hosi 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

8 occurrences, every one of them listed

hosios“holy”subjectnominative singular2×

Hebrews 7:26Toioutos gar ni kai prepate archierevos, hosios, akakos, amiantos, chōrizorēntos apo toiu hamartōloiu, …… truly befits us — One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners …

Revelation 15:4… doxazati tem onomem su, hoti monos hosios? hoti panteim teim ethneim hēkali kai …… Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship …

hosion“Holy”objectaccusative singular3×

Acts 2:27… mu eis hadon, oude dōasi ton hosion su horara diafthoran.… Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Acts 13:35… en hetero legatō; Ouk dōasi ton hosion su horara diafthoran;… Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’

Titus 1:8alla filoxenon, filagathon, sōfronon, dikaion, hosion, enkraton,… a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

hosior“Holy”direct addressvocative singular1×

Revelation 16:5… tos arōntor kai tos ate, tos hosior, hoti houteim krinasa,… waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because …

hosiain“holy”objectaccusative plural1×

1 Timothy 2:8… toin androin en panto topo, epararōntoin hosiain cheirain chōris orgau kai dialogismou.… men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

hosieim“holy”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Acts 13:34… houtōs legatē hoti Dōami vi teim hosieim David teim pisteim.… said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’