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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3741. ὅσιος (hosios) -- Holy, pious, devout, righteous</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3741.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/23-17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3741.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3741</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3740.htm" title="3740">◄</a> 3741. hosios <a href="../greek/3742.htm" title="3742">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">hosios: Holy, pious, devout, righteous</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ὅσιος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>hosios<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>HO-see-os<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(hos'-ee-os)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Holy, pious, devout, righteous<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>holy, pious, godly, beloved of God.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from a root word meaning "sacred" or "holy."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with "hosios" is חָסִיד (chasid), which means "faithful" or "godly," and קָדוֹשׁ (qadosh), meaning "holy."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Greek word "hosios" is used to describe that which is holy or sacred, often in the context of being set apart for God. It conveys a sense of moral purity and devotion to God, emphasizing a life that aligns with divine standards. In the New Testament, "hosios" is used to describe both God and those who are faithful to Him.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of holiness was often associated with religious rituals and the gods. However, in the Judeo-Christian context, holiness is deeply rooted in the character of God and His covenant relationship with His people. The term "hosios" reflects a life that is consecrated to God, distinct from the secular or profane.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>3741</b> <i>hósios</i> (a primitive word, <i>NAS Dictionary</i>) – properly, what is sanctioned by a higher law (especially divine law), i.e. <i>accords with divine truth</i> (<i>providence</i>) and hence <i>deserves respect</i> (<i>reverence</i>). </p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/3741.htm">3741</a> <i>/hósios</i>in classical Greek likewise refers to what deserves<i> pious respect</i>.]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>righteous, pious, holy<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>devout (1), holy (4), Holy One (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3741: ὅσιος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ὅσιος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ὅσια</span>, <span class="greek2">ὅσιον</span>, and once (<a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/2-8.htm">1 Timothy 2:8</a>) of two terminations (as in <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, legg. 8, p. 831 d.; <span class="abbreviation">Dionysius Halicarnassus</span>, Antiquities, 5, 71 at the end; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, § 11, 1; <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 26 (23); the feminine occurs in the N. T. only in the passage cited); from <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span> and <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> down; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> chiefly for <span class="hebrew">חָסִיד</span> (cf. Grimm, Exgt. Hdbch. on Sap., p. 81 (and references under the word <span class="greek2">ἅγιος</span>, at the end)); "undefiled by sin, free from wickedness, religiously observing every moral obligation, pure, holy, pious" (<span class="abbreviation">Plato</span>, Gorgias, p. 507 b. <span class="greek2">περί</span> <span class="greek2">μέν</span> <span class="greek2">ἀνθρώπους</span> <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">προσηκοντα</span> <span class="greek2">πράττων</span> <span class="greek2">δικαἰ</span> <span class="greek2">ἄν</span> <span class="greek2">πραττοι</span>, <span class="greek2">περί</span> <span class="greek2">δέ</span> <span class="greek2">θεούς</span> <span class="greek2">ὅσια</span>. The distinction between <span class="greek2">δίκαιος</span> and <span class="greek2">ὅσιος</span> is given in the same way by <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span> 23, 10, 8; Schol. ad <span class="abbreviation">Euripides</span>, Hec. 788; <span class="abbreviation">Chariton</span> 1, 10; (for other examples see <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, § lxxxviii.; <span class="abbreviation">Wetstein</span> on <a href="/interlinear/ephesians/4-24.htm">Ephesians 4:24</a>; but on its applicability to N. T. usage see <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, as above; indeed <span class="abbreviation">Plato</span> elsewhere (Euthyphro, p. 12 e.) makes <span class="greek2">δίκαιος</span> the generic and <span class="greek2">ὅσιος</span> the specific term)); of men: <a href="/interlinear/titus/1-8.htm">Titus 1:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/7-26.htm">Hebrews 7:26</a>; <span class="greek2">οἱ</span> <span class="greek2">ὅσιοι</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>, <span class="accented">the pious toward God, God's pious worshippers</span> (Wis. 4:15 and often in the Psalms); so in a peculiar and pre-eminent sense of the Messiah (<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> <span class="accented">thy Holy One</span>): <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-27.htm">Acts 2:27</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-35.htm">Acts 13:35</a>, after <a href="/interlinear/psalms/15-10.htm">Psalm 15:10</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 16:10>); <span class="greek2">χεῖρες</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span> cho. 378; <span class="abbreviation">Sophocles</span> O. C. 470), <a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/2-8.htm">1 Timothy 2:8</a>. of God, <span class="accented">holy</span>: <a href="/interlinear/revelation/15-4.htm">Revelation 15:4</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/16-5.htm">Revelation 16:5</a> (also in secular authors occasionally of the gods; the <span class="abbreviation">Orphica</span>, Arg. 27; hymn. 77, 2; of God in <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-4.htm">Deuteronomy 32:4</a> for <span class="hebrew">יָשָׁר</span>; <a href="/interlinear/psalms/144-17.htm">Psalm 144:17</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 145:17>) for <span class="hebrew">חָסִיד</span>, cf. Wis. 5:19); <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">ὅσια</span> <span class="greek2">Δαυίδ</span>, <span class="accented">the holy things</span> (of God) <span class="accented">promised to David,</span> i. e. the Messianic blessings, <a href="/interlinear/acts/13-34.htm">Acts 13:34</a> from <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/55-3.htm">Isaiah 55:3</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>righteous, pious, holy<p>Of uncertain affinity; properly, right (by intrinsic or divine character; thus distinguished from <a href="/greek/1342.htm">dikaios</a>, which refers rather to human statutes and relations; from <a href="/greek/2413.htm">hieros</a>, which denotes formal consecration; and from <a href="/greek/40.htm">hagios</a>, which relates to purity from defilement), i.e. Hallowed (pious, sacred, sure) -- holy, mercy, shalt be. <a href="/greek/342.htm">anakainosis</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2413.htm">hieros</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/40.htm">hagios</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>οσια οσιά οσία όσια ὅσια οσίας όσιοι όσιοί οσίοις οσιον όσιον όσιόν ὅσιον ὅσιόν οσιος όσιος όσιός ὅσιος οσίου οσιους οσίους ὁσίους οσίω οσίων hosia hósia hosion hósion hósión hosios hósios hosious hosíous osia osion osios osious<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/2-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 2:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular">Adj-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δώσεις τὸν <b>ὅσιόν</b> σου ἰδεῖν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> ALLOW <span class="itali">YOUR HOLY ONE</span> TO UNDERGO<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thine <span class="itali">Holy One</span> to see<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will you give the <span class="itali">holy one</span> of you to see<p><b><a href="/text/acts/13-34.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 13:34</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural">Adj-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑμῖν τὰ <b>ὅσια</b> Δαυὶδ τὰ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I WILL GIVE <span class="itali">YOU THE HOLY</span> [and] SURE<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> you the sure <span class="itali">mercies</span> of David.<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13-34.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to you the <span class="itali">holy (blessings)</span> of David<p><b><a href="/text/acts/13-35.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 13:35</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular">Adj-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δώσεις τὸν <b>ὅσιόν</b> σου ἰδεῖν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [Psalm], 'YOU WILL NOT ALLOW <span class="itali">YOUR HOLY ONE</span> TO UNDERGO<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thine <span class="itali">Holy One</span> to see<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/13-35.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> You will let the <span class="itali">Holy One</span> of you to see<p><b><a href="/text/1_timothy/2-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Timothy 2:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural">Adj-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τόπῳ ἐπαίροντας <b>ὁσίους</b> χεῖρας χωρὶς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_timothy/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> lifting <span class="itali">up holy</span> hands,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_timothy/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> where, lifting up <span class="itali">holy</span> hands, without<br><a href="/interlinear/1_timothy/2-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> place lifting up <span class="itali">holy</span> hands apart from<p><b><a href="/text/titus/1-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Titus 1:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular">Adj-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/titus/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σώφρονα δίκαιον <b>ὅσιον</b> ἐγκρατῆ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/titus/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> just, <span class="itali">devout,</span> self-controlled,<br><a href="/kjvs/titus/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> sober, just, <span class="itali">holy,</span> temperate;<br><a href="/interlinear/titus/1-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> self-controlled righteous <span class="itali">holy</span> disciplined<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/7-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 7:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular">Adj-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔπρεπεν ἀρχιερεύς <b>ὅσιος</b> ἄκακος ἀμίαντος</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a high priest, <span class="itali">holy,</span> innocent,<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> us, <span class="itali">[who is] holy,</span> harmless,<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/7-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> became a high priest <span class="itali">holy</span> innocent undefiled<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/15-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 15:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular">Adj-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὅτι μόνος <b>ὅσιος</b> ὅτι πάντα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For You alone <span class="itali">are holy;</span> For ALL<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> for [thou] only <span class="itali">[art] holy:</span> for all<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/15-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for [you] only [are] <span class="itali">holy</span> for all<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/16-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 16:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular">Adj-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἦν ὁ <b>ὅσιος</b> ὅτι ταῦτα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> are You, who are and who <span class="itali">were, O Holy One,</span> because<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">shalt be,</span> because<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/16-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> were the <span class="itali">holy one</span> that these things<p><b><a href="/greek/3741.htm">Strong's Greek 3741</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3741.htm">8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/osia_3741.htm">ὅσια — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/osion_3741.htm">ὅσιόν — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/osios_3741.htm">ὅσιος — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/osious_3741.htm">ὁσίους — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3740.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3740"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3740" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3742.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3742"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3742" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>