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Dignity

σεμνότηςStrong’s G4587

semnotēs

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Semnotēs is the Greek word usually translated “dignity”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.”
1 Timothy 2:2 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “dignity”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • dignity 2
  • in dignity 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Timothy 2
  • Titus 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

σεμνότης semnotēs · dignity

σεμνότης, -ητος, ἡ (σεμνός), [in LXX: 2Ma.3:12 * ;] gravity: 1Ti.2:2 3:4 (Vg. eastitas, cf. Soph., Lex., and Zorell, see word), Tit.2:7.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “dignity” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DIGNITY, noun

[Latin, worthy.]

  1. True honor; nobleness or elevation of mind, consisting in a high sense of propriety, truth and justice, with an abhorrence of mean and sinful actions; opposed to meanness.
  2. Elevation; honorable place or rank of elevation; degree of excellence, either in estimation, or in the order of nature.
  3. Elevation of aspect; grandeur of mein; as a man of native dignity
  4. Elevation of deportment; as dignity of manners or behavior.
All definitions
  1. An elevated office, civil or ecclesiastical, giving a high rank in society; advancement; preferment, or the rank attached to it.
  2. The rank or title of a nobleman.
  3. In oratory, one of the three parts of elocution, consisting in the right use of tropes and figures.
  4. In astrology, an advantage which a planet has on account of its being in some particular place of the zodiac, or in a particular station in respect to other planets.
  5. A general maxim, or principle. [Not used.]

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.