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σεμνός semnos · G4586

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noble

σεμνός, -ή, -όν ; (σέβομαι), [in LXX: Pro.6:8 8:6 15:26, 2Ma.6:11 2Mac 6:28 2Mac 8:15, 4Ma.5:36 4Mac 7:15 4Mac 17:5 * ; ] ; 1. reverend, august, venerable, in cl. of the gods and also of human beings. ; 2. grave, serious; of persons: 1Ti.3:8 3:11, Tit.2:2; of things: Php.4:8 (see Tr., Syn., § xcii; Cremer, 37; MM, xxii).†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

σεμνός,, ή, όν, ; (σέβομαι) revered, august, holy: ; I properly of gods, e.g. Demeter, []; at Athens the Erinyes were specially the σεμναὶ θεαί, []; or simply Σεμναί, []; τὸ σ. ὄνομα their name, []; I.2 of things divine, ὄργια σ. []; σ. ἄντρον the cave of Cheiron, []; σ. δόμος the temple of Apollo, []; σέλμα σ. ἡμένων, of the Olympian gods, []; σ. ἔργα, of the gods, []; σ. βίος devoted to the gods, []; σεμνὰ φθέγγεσθαι, ={εὔφημα}, []; ἦ πού τι σ. ἔστιν ὃ ξυναμπέχει; []; τὸ σ. holiness, []; II …

Where it's used 4 times

Philippians 4:8 · 1 Timothy 3:8 · 1 Timothy 3:11 · Titus 2:2

Source: TBESG G4586; TFLSJ G4586

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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