Quick Definition
orderly, virtuous
Strong's Definition
orderly, i.e. decorous
Derivation: from G2889 (κόσμος) (in its primary sense);
KJV Usage: of good behaviour, modest
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κόσμιος, κόσμον, of three term. in classical Greek, cf. WHs Appendix, p. 157; Winers Grammar, § 11, 1; (Buttmann, 25 (22f)) (κόσμος), well-arranged, seemly, modest: 1Ti_2:9 (WH marginal reading κοσμίως); of a man living with decorum, a well-ordered life, 1Ti_3:2. (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Isocrates, Lysias, others) (Cf. Trench, § xcii.)
STRONGS NT 2887a: κοσμίως [κοσμίως, adverb (decently), from κόσμιος, which see: 1Ti_2:9 WH marginal reading (Aristophanes, Isocrates, others.)]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κόσμιος kosmios 2x
decorous, respectable, well-ordered, 1Ti_2:9 ; 1Ti_3:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κόσμιος , -ον
(in cl . -α , -ον ),
( < κόσμος ),
[in LXX : Ecc_12:9 ( H8626 ) * ;]
orderly, decent, modest: 1Ti_2:9 ( WH , mg ., -ίως , q.v. ) 1Ti_3:2 .†
* κοσμίως ,
adv
( < κόσμος ),
decently, fittingly: 1Ti_2:9 ( WH , mg .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κόσμιος [page 356]
κόσμιος , orderly, virtuous, which in the NT is confined to 1Ti_2:9 ; 1Ti_3:2 , is common as an epithet of honour in the inscrr., e.g., Magn 165 .6 διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἤθους κόσμιον (for form see Blass Gr. , p. 33) ἀναστροφήν , ib. 179 .4 (ii/A.D.) διὰ . . τὴν ἰς τὴν πόλιν αὐτοῦ κόσμιον ἀναστροφήν , and OGIS 485 .3 (Roman) ἄνδρα . . . ἤθει καὶ ἀγωγῇ κόσμιον . Sharp (p. 52) quotes Epict. Ench. 40 κόσμιαι . . καὶ αἰδήμονες of women, as in 1Ti_2:9 : cf. also the late PSI I. 97 .1 (vi/A.D.) τὴν ἐμὴν κοσμ (ίαν ) [γυναῖκα . For the subst. κοσμιότης , see Syll 371 .11 (time of Nero), where a physician is praised ἐπὶ . . τῇ κοσμιότητι τῶν ἠθῶν , and an honorific inscr. BCH xi. (1887), p. 348 διά τε τὴν ἰδίαν αὺτοῦ κοσμιότητα καὶ διὰ τὰς τῶν προγόνων εὐεργεσία [ς . κοσμίως .
This adverb, which is read in 1Ti_2:9 ΰ c D 2 * G (WH marg.), occurs, like the adj. κόσμιος ( q.v. ), as a, descriptive epithet in the inscrr., e.g. Cagnat IV. 255 .9 ἄνδρα . . . ἐζηκότα τε καλῶς καὶ κοσμίως , πάσης ἀρετῆς ἕνεκεν , ib. 785 .14 (early iii/A.D.) (= C. and B. ii. p. 466) ἄνδρα . . . στρατηγήσαντα γ̄ ἁγνῶς , ἀγωνοθετήσαντα φιλοτείμως , εἰρηναρχήσαντα κοσμίως , and Magn 162 .6 ζήσαντα σωφρόνως καὶ κοσμίως (cf. 1Ti_3:2 ). See also Vett. Val. p. 355 .30 διὰ τῆς ἰδίας ἐγκρατείας ἀκηρύκτως καὶ κοσμίως τὸ τέλος τοῦ βίου ὑποίσει .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κόσμιος κόσμιος, η, ον [Etym: κόσμος] "well-ordered, regular, moderate", δαπάνη Plat. :— κόσμιόν ἐστι, c. inf., 'tis "a regular practice", Ar. of persons, "orderly, well-behaved, regular, discreet, quiet", id=Ar. , Plat. , etc.: —τὸ κ. "decorum, decency, order", Soph. :—adv. κοσμίως, "regularly, decently", Ar. , etc.; κοσμίως ἔχειν to be "orderly", Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κόσμιος, -ον (in cl. -α, -ον),
(κόσμος), [in LXX: Ecc.12:9 (תָּקַן)* ;]
orderly, decent, modest: 1Ti.2:9 (WH, mg., -ίως, which see) 1Ti.3:2.†
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