Quick Definition
precious, honored, honorable
Strong's Definition
valued (figuratively)
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and G5092 (τιμή);
KJV Usage: dear, more honourable, precious, in reputation
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔντιμος, ἔντιμον (τιμή), held in honor, prized; hence, precious: λίθος, 1Pe_2:4; 1Pe_2:6 (Isa_28:16); honorable, noble, Luk_14:8; τίνι, dear to one, Luk_7:2; ἔντιμον ἔχειν τινα to hold one dear or in honor, to value highly, Php_2:29. ((Sophocles, Plato, others).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔντιμος entimos 5x
honored, estimable, dear, Luk_7:2 ; Luk_14:8 ; Php_2:29 ;
highly-valued, precious, costly, 1Pe_2:4 ; 1Pe_2:6
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔντιμος , -ον
( < τιμή ),
[in LXX for H2356 , etc.;]
honoured, prized, precious: of persons, Luk_7:2 , Php_2:29 ; compar ., Luk_14:8 ; of things, metaph ., λίθος , 1Pe_2:4 ; 1Pe_2:6 ( LXX ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔντιμος [page 218]
In P Hamb I. 31 .19 (ii/A.D.) a certificate is granted to a retired soldier who had served for 26 years, and been discharged ἐντείμῳ ἀ̣πολύσσει , with honourable release : cf. for a similar use of the adv. with ἀπολελυμένος of an hononrably discharged veteran, P Oxy XII. 1471 .6 (A.D. 81), ib. 1459 .4 (A.D. 226), P Lond 906 .4 (A.D. 128) (= III. p. 108), BGU IV. 1021 .2 (iii/A.D.), Preisigke 424, while the magical BGU IV. 1026 .4 (p. 25), ἔντιμος ( l. ον ) ὡς Μιχαήλ , ἔνδοξας ( l . ον ) [ὡς ] Γαβριήλ , suggests, as Dr. E. A. Abbott ( CR xxxi p. 153) has pointed out, a connection between ἔντιμος and the military distinction of Michael, as contrasted with the peaceful glory of Gabriel. These and similar exx. have led Abbott ( ut s. ) to the conclusion that in Luk_7:2 the epithet ἔντιμος is almost certainly misplaced, and should be attached not to the servant but to the centurion in the sense of honourable. This meaning suits all the other NT passages, where the word occurs Luk_14:8 , Php_2:29 , 1Pe_2:4 ; 1Pe_2:6 (see Hort s note on .4 ). Syll 837 records the freeing of a female slave μηδε [νὶ μη ]δὲν προσήκουσαν κατὰ τοὺς Αἰτωλῶ [ν ] νόμους ἰσοτελῆ καὶ ἔντειμον , and in the iii/A.D. Hadrumetum imprecatory tablet ( BS , p. 274 ff.) after the invocation we have .3 ἄκουσον τοῦ ὀνόματος ἐντίμου καὶ [φοβ ]εροῦ καὶ μεγάλου καὶ ἄπελθε κτλ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἔντιμος ἔν-τι_μος, ον [Etym: τιμή] of persons, "in honour, honoured, prized", Soph. , etc.:—c. dat. rei, "honoured with or in" a thing, Eur. :— οἱ ἔντιμοι "men in office, men of rank", Xen. of things, "honoured", held "in honour", Soph. adv., ἐντίμως ἔχειν to be "in honour", Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἔντιμος, -ον
(τιμή), [in LXX for חוֹר, etc. ;]
honoured, prized, precious: of persons, Luk.7:2, Php.2:29; compar., Luk.14:8; of things, metaphorically, λίθος, 1Pe.2:4 2:6" (LXX) .†
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