Lexical Summary semnotēs: seriousness Original Word: σεμνότηςTransliteration: semnotēs Phonetic Spelling: (sem-not'-ace) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: seriousness Meaning: seriousness Strong's Concordance gravity, honesty. From semnos; venerableness, i.e. Probity -- gravity, honesty. see GREEK semnos 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.) |