τιμή
timē
honor
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "τιμή" (timē) translates to "honor." It appears 43 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in the context of ancient Greek culture and the New Testament. In this culture, honor was a vital concept tied to one's reputation, social status, and relationships. The word "τιμή" encompasses various aspects of honor, including respect, value, and prestige. It can refer to the honor individuals receive from others, such as praise or recognition, as well as the self-respect and dignity that comes from upholding one's values and principles. The range of usage for "τιμή" spans across different social contexts, including family relationships, community interactions, and even spiritual pursuits. The significance of "τιμή" lies in its connection to human identity and relationships. In the biblical context, the concept of honor is often linked to God's character and our relationship with Him. This suggests that true honor and value come from God, rather than from human recognition or achievement.
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Occurrences in Scripture
43 total occurrences across the text
The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, “It’s not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.”
Matthew 27:9Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,
John 4:44For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
Acts 4:34For neither was there among them any who lacked, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them, and brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,
Acts 5:2and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, then brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
Acts 5:3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?
Acts 7:16and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
Acts 19:19Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. They counted their price, and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Acts 28:10They also honored us with many honors, and when we sailed, they put on board the things that we needed.
Romans 2:7to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
Romans 2:10But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 9:21Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
Romans 12:10In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;
Romans 13:7Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
Romans 13:7Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
1 Corinthians 6:20for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
1 Corinthians 7:23You were bought with a price. Don’t become bondservants of men.
1 Corinthians 12:23Those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety;
1 Corinthians 12:24whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,
Colossians 2:23These things indeed appear like wisdom in self-imposed worship, humility, and severity to the body; but aren’t of any value against the indulgence of the flesh.
1 Thessalonians 4:4that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,
1 Timothy 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
1 Timothy 5:17Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
1 Timothy 6:1Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.
1 Timothy 6:16He alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
2 Timothy 2:20Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.
2 Timothy 2:21If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.
Hebrews 2:7You made him a little lower than the angels. You crowned him with glory and honor.
Hebrews 2:9But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.
Hebrews 3:3For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.
Hebrews 5:4Nobody takes this honor on himself, but he is called by God, just like Aaron was.
1 Peter 1:7that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—
1 Peter 2:7For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,”
1 Peter 3:7You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
2 Peter 1:17For he received from God the Father honor and glory when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Revelation 4:9When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
Revelation 4:11“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”
Revelation 5:12saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”
Revelation 5:13I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”
Revelation 7:12saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
Revelation 19:1After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;
Revelation 21:24The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.
Revelation 21:26and they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they may enter.