Sacred
ὅσιοςStrong’s G3741hosios
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hosios is the Greek word usually translated “holy”, “holy one” and “sacred”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.”
Meaning
Usually translated “holy”, “holy one” and “sacred”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- holy 4
- holy one 3
- sacred 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Revelation 2
- 1 Timothy 1
- Titus 1
- Hebrews 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 1:8In contextBut a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
- Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Acts 13:34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
- Acts 13:35Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Hebrews 7:26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
- Revelation 15:4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Greek dictionary
ὅσιος hosios · sacred
ὅσιος, -ον (so sometimes in cl., but most frequently -α, -ον), [in LXX chiefly for חָסִיד, also for טָהוֹר, יָשָׁר, תָּמִים ;] religiously right, righteous, pious, Holy: of men, Tit.1:8. Heb.7:26; by meton., ὁ. χεῖρας, 1Ti.2:8 (cf. Deu.32:4); of God, Rev.15:4 16:5; as subst., ὁ ὅ., of the Messiah, Act.2:27 13:35" (LXX) ; τὰ ὅ. Δανεὶδ τ. πιστά (Field, Notes, 121), Act.13:34 (LXX).† SYN.: see: ἅγιος (cf. also DB, ii, 399.b; iv, 352.b, and ref. see word -ίως) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sacred” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SA'CRED, adjective
[Latin sacer, sacred holy, cursed, damnable. We here see the connection between sacredness and secrecy. The sense is removed or separated from that which is common, vulgar, polluted, or open, public; and accursed is separated from society or the privileges of citizens, rejected, banished.]
- Holy; pertaining to God or to his worship; separated from common secular uses and consecrated to God and his service; as a sacred place; a sacred day; a sacred feast; sacred service; sacred orders.
- Proceeding from God and containing religious precepts; as the sacred books of the Old and New Testament.
- Narrating or writing facts respecting God and holy things; as a sacred historian.
- Relating to religion or the worship of God; used for religious purposes; as sacred songs; sacred music; sacred history.
All definitions
- Consecrated; dedicated; devoted; with to.
- Entitled to reverence; venerable.
- Inviolable, as if appropriated to a superior being; as sacred honor or promise.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.