Strong's Concordance semnotés: seriousness Original Word: σεμνότης, τητος, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: semnotés Phonetic Spelling: (sem-not'-ace) Short Definition: dignity, honor Definition: dignity, honor, gravity, seriousness. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 4587 semnótēs – properly, gravity ("gravitas"), referring to what has real weight (dignity); hence, veneration for what is worthy of respect (personal admiration). See 4586 (semnos). This root (semno-) refers to what deserves due reverence; it has a "sense of gravity and dignity, that invites reverence" (R. Trench). 4587 /semnótēs ("dignity because weighty") refers to what is august (venerable, time-honored), i.e. "solemnly respectable." 4587 (semnótēs) reflects what has been transformed by God and exhibits "moral and spiritual gravity (gravitas)" – like what attends a deep, godly character. This sense of dignity also invites reverence from others, who should likewise exalt what is noble (morally-elevated). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4587: σεμνότηςσεμνότης, σεμνητος, ἡ ( σεμνός), that characteristic of a person or a thing which entitles to reverence or respect, dignity, gravity, majesty, sanctity: ἡ τοῦ ἱεροῦ σεμνότης, 2 Macc. 3:12; in an ethical sense, gravity (so R. V. uniformly (cf. Trench, p. 347)), honor, probity, purity: 1 Timothy 2:2; 1 Timothy 3:4; Titus 2:7. ( Euripides, Plato, Demosthenes, others.) |
