semnos

Strong’sG4586

honorable

stem semn-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 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.

σεμνός, -ή, -όν

(< σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pr 6:8 8:6 15:26(נָגִיד,נֹעַם), II Mac 6:11, 6:28 8:15, IV Mac 5:36 7:15 17:5 *;]

1. reverend, august, venerable, in cl. of the gods and also of human beings.

2. grave, serious; of persons: I Ti 3:8, 11, Tit 2:2; of things: Phl 4:8 (v. Tr., Syn., § xcii; Cremer, 37; MM, xxii).†

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

Strong’s G4586 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsem-nos'

venerable, i.e. honorable

Fromfrom G4576;

King Jamesgrave, honest.

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

σεμνός,, ή, όν,
(σέβομαι) revered, august, holy:
I properly of gods, e.g. Demeter, Refs 5th c.BC+; at Athens the Erinyes were specially the σεμναὶ θεαί, Refs 5th c.BC+; or simply Σεμναί, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ σ. ὄνομα their name, Refs 5th c.BC+
I.2 of things divine, ὄργια σ. Refs 6th c.BC+; σ. ἄντρον the cave of Cheiron, Refs; σ. δόμος the temple of Apollo, Refs 4th c.BC+; σέλμα σ. ἡμένων, of the Olympian gods, Refs; σ. ἔργα, of the gods, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. βίος devoted to the gods, Refs; σεμνὰ φθέγγεσθαι, ={εὔφημα}, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἦ πού τι σ. ἔστιν ὃ ξυναμπέχει; Refs 4th c.BC+; τὸ σ. holiness, Refs 4th c.BC+
II of human or half-human beings, reverend, august, ἐν θρόνῳ σεμνῷ σεμνὸν θωκέοντα Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ φαυλότεραι.. παρὰ τὰς σεμνὰς καθεδοῦνται beside the great ladies, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄνθρωπος οὐ σ., i.e. a nobody, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to χαῦνος, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to κομψός, Refs 5th c.BC+: with dative, revered by.. , σ. πόλει Refs; also, worthy of respect, honourable, NT
II.2 of human things, august, stately, majestic, θᾶκοι Refs 5th c.BC+; ταφή Refs 5th c.BC+; πράγματα, ἔργα, Refs 5th c.BC+; of Tragedy, Refs 5th c.BC+; of style, Refs 4th c.BC+ (comparative); of certain metres, Refs; ἐπὶ τὸ σ. μιμεῖσθαι to imitate it in its noble qualities, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τι λέγειν, πράσσειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐδὲν σ. nothing very wonderful, Refs 4th c.BC+; so τί ἂν εἴη τὸ σ. (i.e. τοῦ νοῦ); Refs; worthy of respect, Refs 5th c.BC+; σεμνόν ἐστι, with infinitive, 'tis a noble, fine thing to.., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 metaphorically, σ. βρῶμα a noble dish, Refs 4th c.BC+
III in bad sense, proud, haughty, τὰ σέμν᾽ ἔπη Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ σ. haughty reserve, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 in contempt or irony, solemn, pompous, σ. καὶ ἅγιον Refs 5th c.BC+; τί σεμνὸν καὶ πεφροντικὸς βλέπει; look grave and solemn, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς σ. οὑπίτριπτος how grand the rascal is! Refs 5th c.BC+; λόγοι σ. Refs 4th c.BC+
IV adverb -νῶςRefs 5th c.BC+; ὥσπερ κοχλίας σεμνῶς ἐπηρκὼς τὰς ὀφρῦς, of Plato, Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -ότερονRefs 5th c.BC+: superlative -όταταRefs 2nd 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.

worthy of respect2×dignified1×honorable1×

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	semnos	semnas	semnem	semnois	semnais	semneim1×σεμνά
object accusative	semnon	semnan		semnoin2×σεμνούς	semnain1×σεμνάς
direct address vocative	semnor	semnar		semnoir	semnair
of, belonging to genitive	semnou	semnau	semneu	semnoiu	semnaiu	semneiu
to, for dative	semno	semna	semne	semnoi	semnai	semnei

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

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

semn 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.

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

semnoin“worthy of respect”objectaccusative plural2×

1 Timothy 3:8“worthy of respect”Diakonoin hōsautōs semnoin, mē dilogoin, mē oino pollo prosecharōntoin, …Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy …

Titus 2:2“worthy of respect”presbutoin nēfalioin arō, semnoin, sōfronoin, hugiainarōntoin ta pistia, ta agapa, …Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.

semnain“dignified”objectaccusative plural1×

1 Timothy 3:11gunaikain hōsautōs semnain, mē diabolain, nēfaliain, pistain en pantei.… same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful …

semneim“honorable”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Philippians 4:8… loipem, adelfoir, hoseim atō alētheim, hoseim semneim, hoseim dikaieim, hoseim hagneim, hoseim prosfileim, …… brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure …