hosiōs

Strong’sG3743

piously

stem hosiō-once in the New Testamentnever changes form

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.

ὁσίως

(< ὅσιος),

adv.,

[in LXX: III Ki 8:61, Wi 6:10*;]

piously, holily: ὁ. καὶ δικαίως κ. ἀμέμπτως (on the distinction here between these synonyms, v. M, Th., 24 f.), I Th 2:10.†

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

Strong’s G3743 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhos-ee-oce'

piously

Fromadverb from G3741;

King Jamesholily.

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

Included with: 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.

devoutly1×

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

Where it appears

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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

hosiōs1×

1 Thessalonians 2:10“devoutly”vis marturois kai tos theos, hōs hosiōs kai dikaiōs kai amemptōs vi toi …You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.