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Strong's #5092 - τιμή
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- a valuing by which the price is fixed
- of the price itself
- of the price paid or received for a person or thing bought or sold
- honour which belongs or is shown to one
- of the honour which one has by reason of rank and state of office which he holds
- deference, reverence
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τῑμ-ή, ἡ,
(τίω, v. ad fin.).
I worship, esteem, honour, and in pl. honours, such as are accorded to gods or to superiors, or bestowed (whether by gods or men) as a reward for services, τιμῆς ἔμμοροί εἰσι Od. 8.480; ὄφρ' ἂν Ἀχαιοὶ υἱὸν ἐμὸν τίσωσιν ὀφέλλωσίν τέ ἑ τιμῇ Il. 1.510; ἐκ δὲ Διὸς τιμὴ καὶ κῦδος ὀπηδεῖ 17.251; ἐν δὲ ἰῇ τ. ἠμὲν κακὸς ἠδὲ καὶ ἐσθλός 9.319, cf. 4.410; ἐν τ. σέβειν A. Pers. 166 (troch.); ἐν τ. ἄγεσθαί τινας Hdt. 1.134; ἐν τ. τίθεσθαι or ἄγειν τινά, Id. 3.3, Pl. R. 538e; ἐν τιμαῖς ἔχειν Philem. 199; τιμαῖς αὐξήσας τινάς X. Cyr. 8.8.24; τιμὴν νεῖμαι, ἀπονέμειν τινί, S. Ph. 1062, Pl. Lg. 837c; τοῖς φίλοις τιμὰς νέμειν pay due regard, S. Aj. 1351; τιμὰς ὤπασας, πορών, A. Pr. 30, 946; διδόναι E. Hipp. 1424, etc.; ἀποδοῦναι Pl. R. 415c; τὸ πρᾶγμ' ἐμοὶ τιμὴν φέρει E. Hipp. 329; τινὶ τιμὰς προσάπτειν S. El. 356; ἀφύων τιμὴν περιάψας Ar. Ach. 640 (anap.); τ. εὑρίσκεσθαι, δέκεσθαι, Pi. P. 1.48, 8.5; τιμὴν παρ' ἀνθρώποις φέρεσθαι Ar. Av. 1278; τιμὰς ἔχειν Hdt. 2.46, etc.; πρός τινος Id. 1.120; ἐν μεγάλῃτιμῇ εἶναι X. An. 2.5.38; τιμῆς λαχεῖν, τυχεῖν, S. Ant. 699, El. 364 (v.l.); οἱ γεραίτεροι ταῖς τῶν νέων τιμαῖς ἀγάλλονται paid to them by the young, X. Mem. 2.1.33: c. gen., χωρὶς ἡ τ. θεῶν the honour due to them, A. Ag. 637, cf. Ch. 200; τιμὰς τὰς θεῶν πατεῖν S. Ant. 745; τιμαὶ δαιμόνων E. Hipp. 107: τιμῇ with honour, honourably, S. OC 381 codd.; τιμῆς ἕνεκα as a mark of honour, X. An. 7.3.28; τιμῇ προέξουσ' S. Ant. 208.
2. honour, dignity, lordship, as the attribute of gods or kings, Il. 1.278, 9.498, etc.; θεῶν ἒξ ἔμμορε τιμῆς Od. 5.335; τ. βασιληΐς Il. 6.193, cf. Hes. Th. 393, Pi. P. 4.108, A. Eu. 228 (pl.); Περσονόμος τ. μεγάλη Id. Pers. 919 (anap.); δίθρονος.. καὶ δίσκηπτρος τ. Id. Ag. 44 (anap.): generally, like γέρας, prerogative or special attribute of a king, and in pl. his prerogatives, Od. 1.117, Hes. Th. 203, Thgn. 374, S. OT 909 (lyr.), etc.; βασιλικαὶ τ. imperial prerogatives, Hdn. 7.10.5; σκῆπτρον τιμάς τ' ἀποσυλᾶται A. Pr. 172 (anap.).
3. a dignity, office, magistracy, and in pl., civic honours (τιμὰς λέγομεν εἶναι τὰς ἀρχάς Arist. Pol. 1281a31), Hdt. 1.59, etc.; ἔν τε ταῖς ἀρχαῖς καὶ ταῖς ἄλλαις τ. Pl. Ap. 35b, cf. Ti. 20a, etc.; μὴ φεύγειν τοὺς πόνους, ἢ μηδὲ τὰς τ. διώκειν Th. 2.63; τιμὴν ἔχειν X. Cyr. 1.3.8, etc.; τὴν τιμὴν εἴληχε Pl. Phlb. 61c; οἱ ἐν τιμαῖς men in office, E. IA 19 (anap.), cf. Isoc. 9.81; ἐκβαλῶ σε ἐκ τῆς τιμῆς X. Cyr. 1.3.9; τιμὰς ἴσχειν hold the office of τιμοῦχος (q.v.), Jahresh. 12.136 (Erythrae, v/iv B.C.): generally, office, task, ἄχαρις τιμή Hdt. 7.36: — also, a person in authority, an authority, κλῦτε δὲ Γᾶ (Ahrens for τὰ) χθονίων τε τιμαί A. Ch. 399 (lyr.); καὶ τὰ καρτερώτατα τιμαῖς ὑπείκει yield to authorities, S. Aj. 670.
4. present of honour, compliment, offering, e.g. to the gods, Hes. Op. 142, A. Pers. 622; reward, present, ἢ ἀργύριον ἢ τιμή Pl. R. 347a; τιμαὶ καὶ δωρεαί ib. 361c; ὅσοι.. ἄλλην τινὰ δωρεὰν ἢ τ. ἔχουσιν παρὰ τῶν Λεβεδίων SIG 344.22 (Teos, iv B.C.); τῶν εὐεργεσιῶν τιμὰς φέρονται Pl. Phd. 113e.
5. ἡ Δάου τ. 'the worthy D. ', Herod. 5.68.
II of things, worth, value, price, h.Cer. 132, IG 12.349.10, 15, al.; ἐξευρίσκοντες τιμῆς τὰ κάλλιστα at a price, Hdt. 7.119; τῆς αὐτῆς τ. πωλεῖν Lys. 22.12; πρίασθαι D. 21.149; δεκαπλάσιον τῆς τ. ἀποτίνειν Pl. Lg. 914c; ἀποδιδόναι τινὶ τὴν τ. ib.a; δύο εἰπεῖν τ. to name two prices, ib. 917b; ἀξιοῦν τι τ. τινός ib.d; περὶ τῆς τ. διαφέρεσθαι Lys. 22.15; ἐμοὶ δὲ τιμὰ τᾶσδε πᾷ γενήσεται; Ar. Ach. 895; ἑστηκυῖαι τ. fixed prices, PTeb. 703.176 (iii B.C.); ὑπὲρ τιμῆς πυροῦ payment of money representing the value of wheat, Ostr. 663 (ii A.D.), al.
2. valuation, estimate, for purposes of assessment, τοῦ κλήρου Pl. Lg. 744e: generally, ὁ πλοῦτος οἷον τιμή τις τῆς ἀξίας τῶν ἄλλων Arist. Rh. 1391a1.
III compensation, satisfaction, penalty, τιμὴν ἀρνύμενοι Μενελάῳ.. πρὸς Τρώων Il. 1.159, cf. 5.552; ἀποτινέμεν, τίνειν τιμήν τινι, pay or make it, 3.286, 288; τιμὴν ἄγειν Od. 22.57; Πάτροκλον, ὃς κεῖται ἐμῆς ἕνεκ' ἐνθάδε τιμῆς Il. 17.92, cf. Od. 14.70, 117; οὐ σὴ.. ἡ τ. the penalty is not yours, Pl. Grg. 497b. (The spelling [ τῑ- not τει- IG 12.347.33, etc.] and the majority of the senses show that τιμή is cogn. with τίω 'value, honour'; sense 111 perh. arose from a later association with τίνω.)
τιμή, τιμῆς, ἡ (from τίω, to estimate, honor, perfect passive τετιμαι), from Homer down, the Sept. for עֵרֶך (a valuing, rating), כָּבוד, יְקָר, הָדָר;
1. a valuing by which the price is fixed; hence, the price" itself: of the price paid or received for a person or thing bought or sold, with a genitive of the person Matthew 27:9; with a genitive of the thing, Acts 5:2f; plural, Acts 4:34; Acts 19:19; τιμή αἵματος, the price paid for killing, (cf. 'blood-money'), Matthew 27:6; ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς (not gratis, but) with a piece, i. e. (contextually, with emphasis) at a great price (Buttmann, § 132, 13; yet see Winer's Grammar, 595 (553)), 1 Corinthians 6:20 (here Vulg. magno pretio);
2. honor which belongs or is shown to one: the honor of one who outranks others, pre-eminence, δόξα καί τιμή, Hebrews 2:7, 9; 2 Peter 1:17; in the doxologies: τῷ Θεῷ (namely, ἔστω (cf. Buttmann, § 129, 22 Rem.)) τιμή or ἡ τιμή, 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:16; Revelation 5:13; Revelation 7:12; Revelation 19:1 Rec.; the honor which one has by reason of the rank and state of the office which he holds, Hebrews 5:4 (and often in Greek writings; cf. Bleek on Hebrews, the passage cited); veneration: διδόναι, λαβεῖν, τιμήν, Revelation 4:9, 11; Revelation 5:12; deference, reverence, Romans 12:10; Romans 13:7; 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Timothy 6:1; honor appearing in the rewards of the future life, Romans 2:7, 10; 1 Peter 1:7; praise of which one is judged worthy, 1 Peter 2:7 (here R. V. text preciousness (cf. 1 above)); mark of honor, πολλαῖς τιμαῖς τιμᾶν τινα, Acts 28:10; universally in phrases: ἐν τιμή, honorably, 1 Thessalonians 4:4 (on this passive see κτάομαι); οὐκ ἐν τιμή τίνι, not in any honor, i. e. worthy of no honor, Colossians 2:23 (others, value; see πλησμονή); εἰς τιμήν, Romans 9:21; 2 Timothy 2:20f (on these passages, see σκεῦος, 1); περιτιθεναι τίνι τιμήν, 1 Corinthians 12:23 (see περιτίθημι, b.); τιμήν ἀπονέμειν τίνι, to show honor to one, 1 Peter 3:7; διδόναι τιμήν, 1 Corinthians 12:24; ἔχειν τιμήν, to have honor, be honored, John 4:44; Hebrews 3:3.
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τιμή , -ῆς , ἡ ,
[in LXX for H6187, H3366, etc.;]
a valuing, hence, objectively;
1. a price paid or received: c. gen. pers., Matthew 27:9; c. gen. rei, Acts 5:2-3; pl., Acts 4:34; Acts 19:19; τ . αἵματος , Matthew 27:6; ἠγοράσθητε τιμῆς , 1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Corinthians 7:23; ὠνεῖσθαι τιμῆς ἀργυρίου , Acts 7:16.
2. esteem, honour: Romans 12:10; Romans 13:7, 1 Corinthians 12:23, 1 Timothy 5:17; 1 Timothy 6:1, Hebrews 5:4, 1 Peter 2:7 (R, txt., preciousness, cf. Hort, in l), 1 Peter 3:7; τ . διδόναι , 1 Corinthians 12:24; ἔχειν , John 4:44, Hebrews 3:3; τ . καὶ δόξα (δ . κ . τ .), Romans 2:7; Romans 2:10, 1 Timothy 1:17, Hebrews 2:7 (LXX), Hebrews 2:9, 1 Peter 1:7, 2 Peter 1:17, Revelation 4:9; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 5:12-13; Revelation 7:12; Revelation 21:26; τ . καὶ κράτος , 1 Timothy 6:16; εἰς τ ., Romans 9:21, 2 Timothy 2:20-21; ἐν τ ., Colossians 2:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:4; by meton., of marks of honour, Acts 28:10.†
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used of a precious stone in Revelation 21:20, perhaps the ";sapphire"; (RV marg.). The word occurs as a proper name in P Giss I. 101.5 (iii/A.D.), PSI III. 194.4 (A.D. 566?).
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