κόσμιος, -ov, of three term. in class. Grk., ef. WH. App. Ρ. 157; W.§ 11, 1; [B. 25 (22 sq.)], (κόσμος), well-arranged, seemly, modest: 1 Vim. ii. 9[ WH mrg. -μίως]; of a man living with decorum, a well-ordered life, 1 Tim. iii. 2. (Arstph., Xen., Plat., Isocr., Lys., al.) [Cf. Trench § xcii.]

κόσμιος kosmios 2x

decorous, respectable, well-ordered, 1 Tim. 2:9; 3:2*

κόσμιος, -ον (in cl. -α, -ον),

(< κόσμος), [in LXX: Ec 12:9 (תּקן)*;]

orderly, decent, modest: I Ti 2:9 (WH, mg., -ίως, q.v.) 3:2.†

κόσμιος, “orderly,” ‘‘ virtuous,” which in the NT is confined to 1 Tim 2°, 35, is common as an epithet of honour in the inscrr., e.g., Magn 165° διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἤθους κόσμιον (for form see Blass Gy., p. 33) ἀναστροφήν, 76. 1794 (ii/A.D.) διὰ . . τὴν is τὴν πόλιν αὐτοῦ κόσμιον ἀναστροφήν, and OG/S 485° (Roman) ἄνδρα͵. .. ἤθει καὶ ἀγωγῇ κόσμιον. Sharp (p. 52) quotes Epict. Anch. 40 κόσμιαι.. καὶ αἰδήμονες of women, as in I Tim 2°: cf. also the late PSI I. 971 (vi/a.p.) τὴν ἐμὴν κοσμί(ίαν) [yuvaika. For the subst. κοσμιότης, see Sy// 371% (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 αὐτοῦ κοσμιότητα καὶ διὰ τὰς τῶν προγόνων εὐεργεσίας.

κόσμιος (kosmios) — respectable. κόσμ-ιος, α, ον, (-ος, ον, [Refs 2nd c.AD+], well-ordered, regular, moderate, δαπάνη [Refs 5th c.BC+] c; κόσμιόν ἐστι, with infinitive, is a regular practice, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. of persons, orderly, well-behaved, δίκαιοι καὶ σοφοὶ καὶ κ.[Refs 5th c.BC+] e; of a patient, quiet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently in Oratt., of honest, orderly citizens, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; modest, ὁμιλία [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ κ. decency, order, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb κοσμίως regularly, decently, [Refs 5th c.BC+] c; κ. ἥκομεν as befits us, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ιώτερον, βεβιωκέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα, τὰς συμφορὰς φέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+].

II. substantive κόσμιος, ὁ, (κόσμος IV) ={κοσμοπολίτης}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]