noun · feminine
hosiotas
Greekὁσιότης (hosiotēs)
Strong’sG3742
holiness, godliness, piety
stem hosiot-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ὁσιότης, -ητος, ἡ
(< ὅσιος), [in LXX: De 9:5 (יֹשֶׁר), I Ki 14:41, III Ki 9:4 (תֹּם, תָּמִים), Pr 14:32, Wi 2:22 5:19 9:3 14:30*;]
SYN.: v.s. ἅγιος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3742 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhos-ee-ot'-ace
piety
Fromfrom G3741;
King Jamesholiness.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hosiotas | hosiotais |
| object accusative | hosiotan | hosiotain |
| direct address vocative | hosiotar | hosiotair |
| of, belonging to genitive | hosiotau | hosiotaiu |
| to, for dative | hosiota2×ὁσιότητι | hosiotai |
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
hosiota 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
hosiota“holiness”to, fordative singular2×
Luke 1:75“holiness”en hosiota kai dikaiosuna enōpion autou pantai tai hēmerai nu.in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our lives.
Ephesians 4:24“holiness”kai enduera ton kainon anthrōpon ton kata theon ktiziraton en dikaiosuna kai hosiota tau alētheiau.and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.