τίμιος

τίμιος, -α, -ον

(τιμή), [in LXX chiefly for יָקָר ;]

valued, hence,

(a) precious, costly, highly valued: primarily, of money value, λίθος, Åb 17,4; 18,12, 16; 21,19; pl., 1 Kor 3,12 compar., -ώτεφος, 1 Pet 1,7, Rec.; superl., -ώτατος, Åb 18,12; 21,11; in extended sense, καρπός, Jak 5,7 αἷμα, 1 Pet 1,19 ἐπαγγέλματα, 2 Pet 1,4

(b) held in honour, honoured, esteemed worthy: with dative, ApG 5,34 ὁ γάμος, Hebr 13,4 ψυχή, ApG 20,24 (where τ. is pleonastic, see Page, in l).†