noun · feminine
semnotas
Strong’sG4587
dignity, honor
stem semnot-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 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.
** σεμνότης, -ητος, ἡ
(< σεμνός), [in LXX: II Mac 3:12 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4587 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsem-not'-ace
venerableness, i.e. probity
Fromfrom G4586;
King Jamesgravity, honesty.
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
solemnity, dignity, σεμνότητ᾽ ἔχει σκότος Refs 5th c.BC+; [τῆς λέξεως] Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ τοῦ τόπου σ. Refs; also of persons, seriousness, dignity, ἐπὶ τῆς σ. αὐθάδεις ὑπολαμβάνεσθαι NT+5th c.BC+
II of a girl, reserve or shyness, Refs 5th 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.
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 | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | semnotas | semnotais |
| object accusative | semnotan1×σεμνότητα | semnotain |
| direct address vocative | semnotar | semnotair |
| of, belonging to genitive | semnotau1×σεμνότητος | semnotaiu |
| to, for dative | semnota1×σεμνότητι | semnotai |
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
semnota 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
semnotan“dignity”objectaccusative singular1×
Titus 2:7… kaleiu ergeiu, en ta didaskalia afthorian, semnotan,… works. In your teaching show integrity, dignity,
semnotau“dignity”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Timothy 3:4… tekneim echarōnton en hupotaga meta pantau semnotau;… his children under control, with complete dignity.
semnota“dignity”to, fordative singular1×
1 Timothy 2:2… bion diaganeiō en panta eusebeia kai semnota.… quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.