hosiōs
ὁσίως
GreekG3743“devoutly”
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1Th 2:10
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ὅσιος“sacred”The word ὅσιος (hosios), the adjective meaning "devout" or "holy," is the best-known form of this small family and the one the New Testament uses most often. It describes a person whose life is bound to God and to what God himself has sanctioned: a church leader who is upright toward people and "holy" toward God, hands clean enough to be lifted in prayer, and above all Jesus, the "Holy One" God would not abandon in the grave. Its matching abstract noun ὁσιότης (hosiotēs) names that same quality on its own, and its matching adverb ὁσίως (hosiōs) says an action was carried out in that way. All three are one word in different forms, so they are studied together under the adjective.
ὁσιότης“holiness”The word ὁσιότης (hosiotēs) is the abstract noun of this family, naming the quality itself: devotion toward God, the loyal reverence that keeps faith with him. It appears twice, in Zechariah's song about serving God "in holiness and righteousness" all our days, and in Paul's picture of the new self created "in righteousness and holiness of the truth." It carries exactly the idea of the adjective ὅσιος (hosios), "devout, holy," only named as a quality in its own right rather than attached to a person, which is why the ὅσιος entry explains it.
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