Quick Definition
τιμή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a price, honor
Strong's Definition
from 5099; a value, i.e. money paid, or (concretely and collectively) valuables; by analogy, esteem (especially of the highest degree), or the dignity itself
KJV Usage: honour, precious, price, some
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | τιμάω
87.4 · Status · Honor or Respect in Relation to Status
honor, respect, status honor as an element in the assignment of status to a person
JHN 4:44 · ROM 2:7 · ROM 2:10 · ROM 12:10 · ROM 13:7 · ROM 13:7 · 1CO 12:23 · 1CO 12:24 · 1TH 4:4 · 1TI 1:17 · 1TI 6:1 · 1TI 6:16 · HEB 2:7 · HEB 2:9 · HEB 3:3 · HEB 5:4 · 1PE 1:7 · 1PE 3:7 · 2PE 1:17 · REV 4:9 · REV 4:11 · REV 5:12 · REV 5:13 · REV 7:12
65.1 · Value · Valuable, Lacking in Value
worth, value the worth or merit of some object, event, or state In some languages the equivalent of ‘value’ is almost always in terms of ‘importance.’ This is particularly true if one is speaking of objects which are normally not bought and sold. Accordingly, one may render this particular expression in 1CO 12:23 as ‘those parts of the body which we think of as not being so important, to these we grant particular importance’ or ‘... we consider as being very important.’
It is also possible to interpret τιμή in 1CO 12:23 as a degree of honor or appreciation (see τιμή[a], 87.4).
ROM 9:21 · 1CO 12:23 · COL 2:23 · 2TI 2:20 · 2TI 2:21 · 1PE 2:7 · 2PE 1:17 · REV 21:26
57.161 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Pay, Price, Cost
amount, price, cost the amount of money or property regarded as representing the value or price of something It would be wrong to assume that τιμή in 1CO 7:23 necessarily means ‘a high price.’ The notion ‘high’ comes from the contextual reference to the death of Christ. In 1CO 7:23, however, the implication is that a price was set and that the payment has been made. If the passive expression in 1CO 7:23 must be made active, one may translate as ‘Christ bought you with a price’ or ‘Christ paid for you.’
MAT 27:6 · MAT 27:9 · ACT 4:34 · ACT 5:2 · ACT 5:3 · ACT 7:16 · ACT 19:19 · 1CO 6:20 · 1CO 7:23
57.167 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Pay, Price, Cost
compensation, pay, honorarium compensation given for special service, with the implication that this is a way by which honor or respect may be shown τιμή[d] in the sense of compensation is related in meaning to τιμάω[c] to support, to provide for (57.117) and τιμή[c] cost (57.161), but in 1TI 5:17 it is also possible to understand τιμή in the sense of τιμή[a] honor, respect (87.4), and therefore one may speak of the elders as receiving double honor.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
τιμή, -ῆς, ἡ, (fr. τίω, to estimate, honor, pf. pass. τέτιμαι), fr. Hom. down, Sept. for Σ (a valuing, rating), Wad, 1), 137; 1. a valuing by which the price is fixed; hence the price itself: of the price paid or received for a person or thing bought or sold, with a gen. of the pers. Mt. xxvii. 9; with a gen. of the thing, Acts v. 2sq.; plur., Acts iv. 34; xix. 19; τιμὴ αἵματος, the price paid for killing, [ef. ‘blood-money’], Mt. xxvii. 6 ; ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς, (not gratis, but) with a price, i. e. (contextually, with emphasis) at a great price [B. § 132, 13; yet see W. 595 (553)], 1 Co. vi. 20 [here Vulg. magno pretio|; vii. 23; ὠνεῖσθαι τιμῆς ἀργυρίου, to buy for a price reckoned in silver, i.e. for silver, Acts vii. 16; thing prized [A.V. honor], Rev. xxi. 24 [Ree.], 26. 2. honor which belongs or is shown to one: the honor of one who outranks others, pre-eminence, δόξα x. τιμή, Heb. ii. 7,9; 2 Pet.i.17; in the doxologies: τῷ θεῷ (sc. ἔστω (cf. B.§ 129, 22 Rem.]) τιμή or ἡ τιμή, 1 Tim. i. 17; vi. 16; Rev. v.13; vii. 12; xix. 1 Rec.; the honor which one has by reason of the rank and state of the office which he holds, Heb. v. 4 (and often in Grk. writ.; ef. Bleek on Heb. 1.¢.) ; veneration: διδόναι, λαβεῖν, τιμήν, Rev. iv. 9,11; v.12; deference, reverence, Ro. xii. 103; xiii. 7; 1 Tim. v. 17; vi. 1; honor appearing in the rewards of the future life, Ro. ii. 7,10; 1 Pet.i. 7; praise of which one is judged worthy, 1 Pet. ii. 7 [here R.V. txt. preciousness (cf. 1 above)]; mark of honor, πολλαῖς τιμαῖς τιμᾶν twa, Acts xxviii. 10; univ. in phrases: ἐν τιμῇ, honorably, 1 Th. iv. 4 (on this pass. see κτάομαι) ; οὐκ ἐν τιμῇ τινι, not in any honor, i. 6. worthy of no honor, Col. ii. 23 [al. value; see mAnopovn]; εἰς τιμήν, Ro. ix. 21; 2'Tim. ii. 20 sq., (on these pass. see σκεῦος, 1); περιτιθέναι τινὶ τιμήν, 1 Co. xii. 23 (see περιτίθημι, b.) 3 τιμὴν ἀπονέμειν τινί, to show honor to one, 1 Pet. iii. 7; διδόναι τιμήν, 1 Co. xii. 24; ἔχειν τιμήν, to have honor, be honored, Jn. iv. 44; Heb. iii. 3.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
τιμή timē 41x
a pricing, estimate of worth; price, value, Mt. 27:9; price paid, Mt. 27:6; meton. a thing of price, and collectively, precious things, Rev. 21:24, 26; preciousness, 1 Pet. 2:7; substantial value, real worth, Col. 2:23; careful regard, honor, state of honor, dignity, Rom. 9:21; Heb. 5:4; honor conferred, observance, veneration, Rom. 2:7, 10; 12:10; mark of favor and consideration, Acts 28:10, honorarium, compensation, 1 Tim. 5:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
τιμή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX for עֵרֶךְ, יְקָר, etc. ;]
a valuing, hence, objectively;
a price paid or received: c. gen. pers., Mt 27:9; c. gen. rei, Ac 5:2, 3; pl., Ac 4:34 19:19; τ. αἵματος, Mt 27:6; ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς, I Co 6:20 7:23; ὠνεῖσθαι τιμῆς ἀργυρίου, Ac 7:16.
esteem, honour: Ro 12:10 13:7, I Co 12:23, I Ti 5:17 6:1, He 5:4, I Pe 2:7 (R, txt., preciousness, cf. Hort, in l), 3:7; τ. διδόναι, I Co 12:24; ἔχειν, Jo 4:44, He 3:3; τ. καὶ δόξα (δ. κ. τ.), Ro 2:7, 10, I Ti 1:17, He 2:7 (LXX), 9, I Pe 1:7, II Pe 1:17, Re 4:9, 11 5:12, 13 7:12 21:26; τ. καὶ κράτος, I Ti 6:16; εἰς τ., Ro 9:21, II Ti 2:20, 21; ἐν τ., Col 2:23; I Th 4:4; by meton., of marks of honour, Ac 28:10.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
τιμή (1) ‘‘honour,” as in Jn 4“: P Tebt I. 334 (B.c. 112) (= Selections, p. 30) preparations for the visit of a Roman senator, who is described as ἐν plfove ἀξιώματι κα[ὶ] τιμῆι κείμενος, ‘‘occupying a position of highest rank and honour,’ and P Oxy I. 412 (iii/iv A.p.) account of a popular demonstration in honour of the prytanis, who replies τὴν μὲν παρ᾽ ὑμῶν τιμὴν ἀσπάζομαι καί ye ἐπὶ τούτῳ σφόδρα χαίρω, “1 acknowledge with great pleasure the honour which you do me”’ (Edd.). Hence the phrase εἰς τὴν τιμήν, “out of regard for,’’ in such passages as BGU III. 84419 (A.p. 83) (= Olsson Papyrusbriefe, p. 140) καλῶς δὲ ποιήσεις παρασχὼν Διοσκόρῳ χάνας ἴ εἰς ἐμὴν τειμήν, and P Giss I. 6611 (early ii/A.D.) ἐρωτῶ [ole εἴς τε τὴν τῶν θεῶν εὐσέβειαν Kal els ἡμετέραν τιμὴν ἀπολῦσαι αὐτόϊν. With 1 Cor 1258 we may compare BGU IV. 114119 (B.c. 14) εἰ od μέν μοι kal τιμὴν περιτιθεῖς. In further reference to τιμή = “honour,” “ἐβίβεπι, ἡ we may cite from the inscrr. Pyienze το 515 (c. B.C. 9) (= OGTS 458), where things are said to have been so arranged according to the divine will, ἵνα ἀφορμὴ γένοιτο τῆς εἰς τὸν Σεβαστὸν τιμῆς, ‘that there may be an opportunity of paying honour to the Emperor (Augustus) ””: cf. 1 Tim 117, Rev 49, a/., and see Rouffiac Recherches, p. 11. In Ὁ. and δ. i. p. 101 Ramsay notes that in Phrygia the erection of a gravestone is regarded as ‘‘a distinction and prerogative (τιμή) of the dead man and living god.” (2) “price,” as in Mt 27°: P Petr II. 38 (6)? (iii/B.c.) προσπέπτωκέ μοι. . . TO ἔλαιον π[ωλ]εῖσθαι πλείονος τιμῆς τῆς ἐν τῶι προστάγμα[τι] διασεσαφημένης, “it has transpired to me that oil is sold at a higher price than that fixed in the Royal decree’ (Ed.), P Lond 4277 (B.c. 168) (=I. p. 30, ΟΖ i. p. 300, Selections, p. 10) εἰς πᾶν τι ἐληλυθυῖα διὰ τὴν τοῦ σίτου τιμήν, “having come to the last extremity because of the high price of corn,’’ P Fay 11°° (c. B.C. 115) πραχθῆναί por αὐτὸν τὴ]ν ὡρισμέν[η]ν τειμὴν τῆς ἀρ(τάβης), ‘that he shall be made to pay me the price fixed for each artaba’’ (Edd.), BGU IV. 120518 (B.c. 28) πέπομφά σοι τιμὴν τοῦ ἐνκοιμήτρου (δραχμὰς) pk, 2). 120614 (B.C. 28) διανδραγα[θ]εῖτε ἐν τῆι εἰσαγῆι τῆς τιμῆς [τ]οῦ φακοῦ καὶ ὀλώρας, P Kyl If. 220᾽5 (A.D. 38) τοῦ λοιπίοῦ) τῆς τιμῆ(ς) τοῦ χόρτου πρόχρησον ἕως οὗ παραγένωμαι, ‘as to the rest of the price for the hay make provision until I come’”’ (Edd.), P Fay 122° (c. A.D. 100) ἕως ἀπολαβὼν τὸ λοιπὸν τῆς τιμ[ἢ]ς πάλιν σοι γράψω, “‘until I get the remainder of the price and write to you again’’ (Edd.), 7%. gol (A.D. 234) τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ καιροῦ
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
τιμή (timē) — honor. τῑμ-ή, ἡ, (τίω, see ad near the end).
I. worship, esteem, honour, and in plural honours, such as are accorded to gods or to superiors, or bestowed (whether by gods or men) as a reward for services, τιμῆς ἔμμοροί εἰσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν τ. τίθεσθαι or ἄγειν τινά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιμὴν νεῖμαι, ἀπονέμειν τινί, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς φίλοις τιμὰς νέμειν pay due regard, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιμὰς ὤπασας, πορών, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τ. εὑρίσκεσθαι, δέκεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιμῆς λαχεῖν, τυχεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ γεραίτεροι ταῖς τῶν νέων τιμαῖς ἀγάλλονται paid to them by the young, [Refs 5th c.BC+] the honour due to them, [Refs 5th c.BC+] with honour, honourably, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιμῆς ἕνεκα as a mark of honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. honour, dignity, lordship, as the attribute of gods or kings, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δίθρονος.. καὶ δίσκηπτρος τ. [Refs]: generally, like{γέρας}, prerogative or special attribute of a king, and in plural his prerogatives, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βασιλικαὶ τ. imperial prerogatives, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.3. a dignity, office, magistracy, and in plural, civic honours (τιμὰς λέγομεν εἶναι τὰς ἀρχάς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔν τε ταῖς ἀρχαῖς καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἐν τιμαῖς men in office, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιμὰς ἴσχειν hold the office of τιμοῦχος (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, office, task, ἄχαρις τιμή [Refs 5th c.BC+] —also,
I.3. b a person in authority, an authority, κλῦτε δὲ Γᾶ (Ahrens for τὰ) χθονίων τε τιμαί [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καὶ τὰ καρτερώτατα τιμαῖς ὑπείκει yield to authorities, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4. present of honour, compliment, offering, e.g. to the gods, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; reward, present, ἢ ἀργύριον ἢ τιμή [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τιμαὶ καὶ δωρεαί[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν τιμὰς φέρονται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. ἡ Δάου τ. 'the worthy [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. of things, worth, value, price, [Refs]; ἐξευρίσκοντες τιμῆς τὰ κάλλιστα at a price, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. to name two prices, [Refs]; ἀξιοῦν τι τ. τινός [Refs]; περὶ τῆς τ. διαφέρεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐμοὶ δὲ τιμὰ τᾶσδε πᾷ γενήσετα; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑστηκυῖαι τ. fixed prices, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὑπὲρ τιμῆς πυροῦ payment of money representing the value of wheat, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. valuation, estimate, for purposes of assessment, τοῦ κλήρου [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. compensation, satisfaction, penalty, τιμὴν ἀρνύμενοι Μενελάῳ.. πρὸς Τρώων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀποτινέμεν, τίνειν τιμήν τινι, pay or make it, [Refs]; τιμὴν ἄγειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ σὴ.. ἡ τ. the penalty is not yours, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 'value, honour'; sense 111 perhaps arose from a later association with τίνω.)