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kósmios

decent

Say it: KOS-mi-os (approximate)

κόσμιος

What it means

Orderly, respectable, decent (from kosmos in its sense of "order"). In 2:9, women's "decent clothing"; in 3:2 the overseer must be "modest." It appears only in these two places.

Range of meaning

  • DecentWell-ordered.
  • RespectableOf good conduct.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 2

    "Decent clothing" (2:9). The word appears here and in 3:2.

  • Chapter 3

    "Modest" (3:2).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G2887 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources