Strong’s G2887 · Greek
κόσμιος
kósmios · kos'-mee-os
Origin from κόσμος (G2889) (in its primary sense);
Meaning orderly, i.e. decorous
In the King James Version of good behaviour, modest.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Timothy 2:9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
- 1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.