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To honor

τιμάωStrong’s G5091

timaō

Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament

In short

Timaō is the Greek word usually translated “do honor”, “is honoring” and “it honors”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.

“Honour widows that are widows indeed.”
1 Timothy 5:3 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “do honor”, “is honoring” and “it honors”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • do honor 9
  • is honoring 2
  • it honors 1
  • priced 1
  • they set a price on 1
  • honors 1
  • may honor 1
  • they honor 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 4
  • Mark 3
  • John 3
  • Luke 1
  • Acts 1
  • Ephesians 1

8 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 15 verses, by book
Luke 1
18:20
Acts 1
28:10
Ephesians 1
6:2
1 Timothy 1
5:3
1 Peter 1
2:17
Greek dictionary

τιμάω timaō · to honor

τιμάω, -ῶ (τιμή), [in LXX for כָּבַד pi., עָרַךְ hi., etc. ;] 1. to fix the value, price: with accusative of person(s), of Christ, Mat.27:9 (LXX). 2. to honour: with accusative of person(s), Mat.15:4 (LXX), Mat.15:5, 8" (LXX) Mat.19:19 (LXX), Mrk.7:6, 10 10:19, Luk.18:28" (LXX), Jhn.5:23 8:49 12:26, Eph.6:2" (LXX), 1Ti.5:3, 1Pe.2:17; πολλαῖς τιμαῖς, Act.28:10.† (AS)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

HON'OR, noun

on'or. [Latin honor honos.]

  1. The esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation.
  2. A testimony of esteem; any expression of respect or of high estimation by words or actions; as the honors of war; military honors; funeral honors; civil honors.
  3. Dignity; exalted rank or place; distinction.“I have given thee riches and honor” 1 Kings 3:13“Thou art clothed with honor and majesty” Psalms 104:1
  4. Reverence; veneration; or any act by which reverence and submission are expressed, as worship paid to the Supreme Being.
All definitions and other forms of “honor”
  1. Reputation; good name; as, his honor is unsullied.
  2. True nobleness of mind; magnanimity; dignified respect for character, springing from probity, principle or moral rectitude; a distinguishing trait in the character of good men.
  3. An assumed appearance of nobleness; scorn of meanness, springing from the fear of reproach, without regard to principle; as, shall I violate my trust? Forbid it, honor
  4. Any particular virtue much valued; as bravery in men, and chastity in females.
  5. Dignity of mien; noble appearance.
  6. That which honors; he or that which confers dignity; as, the chancellor is an honor to his profession.
  7. Privileges of rank or birth; in the plural.
  8. Civilities paid.
  9. That which adorns; ornament; decoration.
  10. A noble kind of seignory or lordship, held of the king in capite.

HON'OR, verb intransitive

on'or. [Latin honoro.]

  1. To revere; to respect; to treat with deference and submission, and perform relative duties to.
  2. To reverence; to manifest the highest veneration for, in words and actions; to entertain the most exalted thoughts of; to worship; to adore.
  3. To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to elevate in rank or station; to exalt.“Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor” Esther 6:9
  4. To glorify; to render illustrious.“I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host” Exodus 14:4
  5. To treat with due civility and respect in the ordinary intercourse of life.
  6. In commerce, to accept and pay when due; as, to honor a bill of exchange.

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.