verb
timamō
Strong’sG5091
I value at a price, honor
stem tim-21 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books12 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
τιμάω means, in its main biblical use, to honor or revere — to show respect, esteem, or deference toward someone, whether a parent, a ruler, God, or another person 124. This is the sense used of honoring parents, honoring God, and similar commands in the New Testament 1.
It also means to fix or estimate the value of something, especially in setting a price — as when a sum of money is valued or reckoned 124. This sense appears in the New Testament in the pricing of Christ foretold in the Old Testament quotation used by Matthew 1.
Beyond these biblical uses, the wider Greek usage shows the word covering related ideas such as prizing or esteeming something highly, formally assessing property for its worth, and, as a legal term, a court's act of fixing a penalty or sentence against someone 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
τιμάω, -ῶ
(< τιμή), [in LXX for כָּבַד pi., עָרַךְ hi., etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5091 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtim-ah'-o
to prize, i.e. fix a valuation upon; by implication, to revere
Fromfrom G5093;
King Jameshonour, value.
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
Refs 8th c.BC+: future τιμήσω Refs, Doric dialect 3rd.pers. plural τιμᾱσεῦντι Refs 3rd c.BC+: aorist ἐτίμησα Refs 5th c.BC+, Epic dialect τίμησα Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect τετίμηκα Refs 5th c.BC+, Doric dialect τετίμᾱκα Refs 5th c.BC+ —middle, future τιμήσομαι always in passive sense, Refs 5th c.BC+, where it is used in a technical sense (see. below Refsaorist ἐτιμησάμην in senses shared by active, Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, future τιμηθήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐτιμήθην Refs 5th c.BC+; Lyric poetry 3rd.pers. plural τίμᾱθεν Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect τετίμημαι Refs 8th c.BC+middle in technical sense, see Refs:—honour, revere, reverence (in this sense the middle is used only by Refs 8th c.BC+; of the honour rendered to superiors, as by men to gods, by men to their elders, rulers, or guests, περὶ κῆρι θεὸν ὣς τιμήσαντο LXX+8th c.BC+; conversely of the honour bestowed by gods upon a man, μερμήριζε (i.e. Ζεὺς).., ὡς Ἀχιλῆα τιμήσῃ Refs 8th c.BC+; by a father on his son, Refs 8th c.BC+; by an elder brother, Refs 8th c.BC+, and Attic dialect, ἐξόχως τίμας εν Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸν φίλον τιμῶσιν ἐξ ἴσου πατρί Refs 5th c.BC+ bestow honours, Refs 5th c.BC+: hence simply, reward, Refs 5th c.BC+ (so in passive, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπαινεῖν καὶ τ., τ. καὶ δωρεῖσθαι, δωρεῖσθαί τε καὶ τ., τ. καὶ χαρίζεσθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+ will honour him with gifts, Refs 8th c.BC+; τιμᾶν τινα τάφῳ, γόοις, Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, mostly in perfect τετίμημαι, which alone is passive in Refs 8th c.BC+, to be honoured, held in honour, Refs 8th c.BC+: with accusative cognate attracted to genitive, ὥς μευ ἀεὶ μέμνησαι ἐνηέος, οὐδέ σε λήθω, τιμῆς ἧς τέ μ᾽ ἔοικε τετιμῆσθαι Refs 8th c.BC+ (= Latin quattuor militiis) Refs 2nd c.AD+; οἱ τετιμηυένοι men of rank, men in office, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ τιμώμενοιRefs 5th c.BC+; τῆς πόλεως τὸ τιμώμενον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄρχειν the honour enjoyed by the city, Refs 5th c.BC+
II of things, hold in honour or esteem, value, prize, Refs 5th c.BC+; τί τὴν τυραννίδα τιμᾷς ὑπέρφε; Refs 5th c.BC+; νόμους τ. Refs; τὴν εὐσέβειαν, ἀγνωμοσύναν, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 with genitive pretii, estimate or value at a certain price, Refs 5th c.BC+; πλοῖα τετιμημένα χρημάτων Refs 5th c.BC+ that each man should have his property valued (for assessment), Refs 5th c.BC+; τὸ τιμηθέν the estimate, Refs 5th c.BC+:—frequently in middle, διακοσίων ταλάντων ἐτιμήσατο <τὰ> αὑτοῦ estimated his property at.. , Refs 5th c.BC+; πρὸ παντὸς τιμᾶσθαί τι, like{περὶ παντὸς ποιεῖσθαι} (see. περί Refs 5th c.BC+; πλείονος, μείζονος τιμᾶσθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+; μίαν ἡδονὴν θανάτου τ. Refs 4th c.BC+: without a genitive, ἐτιμήσαντο τήν τε χώραν καὶ τὰς οἰκίας Refs 2nd c.BC+: simply, value, estimate, ἐν προικί Refs 4th c.BC+; τινα LXX+NT
II.3 rarely, award or give as an honour, Παιάν τέ σοι τιμᾷ φάος Refs 5th c.BC+
III as Attic dialect lawterm Refs
III.1 in active (later in middle, Refs 3rd c.BC+, of the court, estimate the amount of punishment due to the criminal, award the penalty, τιμάτω τὸ δικαστήριον, ὅ τι ἂν δέῃ πάσχειν.. τὸν ἡττηθέντα Refs 5th c.BC+; ἅπασι τ. τὴν μακράν (i.e. γραμμήν) award them the long line, i.e. sentence of death, Refs 5th c.BC+ I carry penalty in my eyes, am itching for pains and penalties, Refsgive sentence of death against a man, condemn him to death, Refs 5th c.BC+; τ. τινὶ δέκα ταλάντων mulct him in ten talents, Refs; τίνος τιμήσειν αὐτῷ προσδοκᾷς τὸ δικαστήριο; at what do you expect the court to fix his penalty? Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἡλιαία τιμάτω περὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτου ἂν δόξῃ ἄξιος εἶναι παθεῖν Legal cited in Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, τιμᾶσθαι ἀργυρίου to be condemned to a fine, τινος for a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐὰν.. ᾖ τῳ θανάτου τετιμημένον if sentence of death has been passed upon one, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 in middle, of the parties before the court,
III.2.a of the accuser, τιμᾶταί μοι ὁ ἀνὴρ θανάτου (i.e. τὴν δίκην) he estimates the penalty at death (genitive pretii) for me, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2.b of the person accused (compare ἀντιτιμάω, ὑποτιμάω), τιμήσεσθαι τοιούτου τινὸς ἐμαυτῷ estimate the penalty for myself at so high a rate, Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect passive, θανάτου τετιμημένος ἑαυτῷ Refs 4th c.BC+active in this sense.
III.2.c the accusative of δίκη or of the offence is added, πέντε μυριάδων τιμησάμενος τὴν δίκην Refs 1st c.AD+
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.
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Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| timamōτιμῶ | happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular | honor | 1× |
| timatōτιμᾷ | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | honors | 3× |
| timalōτιμῶσι | happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural | honor | 1× |
| timatiτιμήσει | will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular | honor | 2× |
| timalaἐτίμησαν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | honored | 1× |
| timelaἐτιμήσαντο | happened · theyaorist middle indicative 3rd person plural | price … set | 1× |
| timaleiōτιμῶσι | happening now · theypresent active subjunctive 3rd person plural | honor | 1× |
| timasōrΤίμα | happening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singular | honor | 7× |
| timavōrτιμᾶτε | happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural | honor | 1× |
| timavarτιμήσατε | happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural | honor | 1× |
| timarōntosτιμῶν | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine | honor | 1× |
| timorēntouτετιμημένου | has happened · of, belonging toperfect middle or passive participle genitive singular masculine | priced | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 172, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 9 occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | timamō1×τιμῶ | timame | timami | timama | timamē | timamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | timasō | timase | timasi | timasa | timasē | timaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timatō3×τιμᾷ | timate | timati2×τιμήσει | timata | timatē | timatelē |
| we 1st person plural | timanō | timane | timani | timana | timanē | timanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | timavō | timave | timavi | timava | timavē | timavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | timalō1×τιμῶσι | timale | timali | timala1×ἐτίμησαν | timalē | timalelē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | timomō | timome | timomē | timomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | timosō | timose | timosē | timoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timotō | timote | timotē | timotelē |
| we 1st person plural | timonō | timone | timonē | timonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | timovō | timove | timovē | timovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | timolō | timole | timolē | timolelē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | timemi | timema |
| you 2nd person singular | timesi | timesa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timeti | timeta |
| we 1st person plural | timeni | timena |
| ye 2nd person plural | timevi | timeva |
| they 3rd person plural | timeli | timela1×ἐτιμήσαντο |
May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | timameiō | timameia | timameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | timaseiō | timaseia | timaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timateiō | timateia | timateiē |
| we 1st person plural | timaneiō | timaneia | timaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | timaveiō | timaveia | timaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | timaleiō1×τιμῶσι | timaleia | timaleiē |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | timomeiō | timomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | timoseiō | timoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timoteiō | timoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | timoneiō | timoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | timoveiō | timoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | timoleiō | timoleiē |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | timemeia |
| you 2nd person singular | timeseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timeteia |
| we 1st person plural | timeneia |
| ye 2nd person plural | timeveia |
| they 3rd person plural | timeleia |
Commands — imperative mood, 9 occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | timasōr7×Τίμα | timasar | timasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timatōr | timatar | timatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | timavōr1×τιμᾶτε | timavar1×τιμήσατε | timavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | timalōr | timalar | timalēr |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | timosōr | timosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timotōr | timotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | timovōr | timovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | timolōr | timolēr |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | timesar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timetar |
| ye 2nd person plural | timevar |
| they 3rd person plural | timelar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
the subject acts active voice
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | timamoiō | timamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | timasoiō | timasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timatoiō | timatoia |
| we 1st person plural | timanoiō | timanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | timavoiō | timavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | timaloiō | timaloia |
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | timomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | timosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | timonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | timovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | timoloiō |
acts on or for itself middle voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | timemoia |
| you 2nd person singular | timesoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | timetoia |
| we 1st person plural | timenoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | timevoia |
| they 3rd person plural | timeloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | timarō | timari | timara | timarē |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | timorō | timorē | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | timeri | timera |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | timarōntos1×τιμῶν | timarintos | timarantos | timarēntos |
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | timorōntos | timorēntos1× | ||
| acts on or for itself middle voice | timerintos | timerantos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
tim 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
21 occurrences, every one of them listed
timamō“honor”happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular1×
John 8:49… Iēsus; Mis daimonem ouk echamō, alla timamō ton patron mu, kai vis atimazavō …… a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
timatō“honors”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular3×
Matthew 15:8“honors”Tos laos houtos tei cheilei min timatō, tas de kardias autoiu porrō apechatō …‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Mark 7:6“honors”… Houtos tos laos tei cheilei min timatō, tas de kardias autoiu porrō apechatō …… as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
John 5:23… tos mē timarōntos ton huion ouk timatō ton patron ton pemparanton auton.… not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
timalō“honor”happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural1×
John 5:23hina pantois timaleiō ton huion kathōs timalō ton patron. tos mē timarōntos ton …… honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor …
timati“honor”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular2×
Matthew 15:6ouk mē timati ton patron autou; kai akurava ton …he need not honor his father or mother with it …
John 12:26… ēmos eti; ean tinos mi diakonateiō timati auton tos patros.… anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
timala“honored”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural1×
Acts 28:10hois kai pollai timai timala nin kai anagorōntoi epitithela teim pros …The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied …
timela“price … set”happened · theyaorist middle indicative 3rd person plural1×
Matthew 27:9… argurieim, tan timan tou timorēntou hon timela apo huioiu Israēl,… thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of …
timaleiō“honor”happening now · theypresent active subjunctive 3rd person plural1×
John 5:23hina pantois timaleiō ton huion kathōs timalō ton patron. …so that all may honor the Son just as they honor …
timasōr“honor”happening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singular7×
Matthew 15:4tos gar theos legata; Timasōr ton patron kai tan mētēran, kai; …For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone …
Matthew 19:19Timasōr ton patron kai tan mētēran, kai …honor your father and mother, and love …
Mark 7:10Mōusos gar legata; Timasōr ton patron su kai tan mētēran …For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and …
Mark 10:19… Mē kleptaseia, Mē pseudomarturaseia, Mē aposteraseia, Timasōr ton patron su kai tan mētēran.… false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”
Luke 18:20… Mē foneuaseia, Mē kleptaseia, Mē pseudomarturaseia, Timasōr ton patron su kai tan mētēran.… steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.’”
Ephesians 6:2timasōr ton patron su kai tan mētēran, …“Honor your father and mother” (which is …
1 Timothy 5:3Chērain timasōr tain ontōs chērain.Honor the widows who are truly widows.
timavōr“honor”happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural1×
1 Peter 2:17… agapavōr, ton theon fobovōr, ton basilevon timavōr.… the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
timavar“honor”happened · yeaorist active imperative 2nd person plural1×
1 Peter 2:17“honor”pantoin timavar, tan adelfotan agapavōr, ton theon fobovōr, …Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the …
timarōntos“honor”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
John 5:23… kathōs timalō ton patron. tos mē timarōntos ton huion ouk timatō ton patron …… honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the …
timorēntou“priced”has happened · of, belonging toperfect middle or passive participle genitive singular masculine1×
Matthew 27:9“priced”… teim triakonta argurieim, tan timan tou timorēntou hon timela apo huioiu Israēl,… They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,